Prejudicate

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CIDE DICTIONARY

Prejudicate, a. [L. praejudicatus, p. p. of praejudicare to prejudge; prae before + judicare to judge. See Judge.].

Formed before due examination. Jer. Taylor. [1913 Webster]
Biased by opinions formed prematurely; prejudiced. Sir T. Browne. [1913 Webster]

Prejudicate, v. t. [Cf. Prejudge.].

To determine beforehand, especially to disadvantage; to prejudge. [1913 Webster]

"Our dearest friend
Prejudicates the business." [1913 Webster]

Prejudicate, v. i.

To prejudge. Sir P. Sidney. [1913 Webster]

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ROGET THESAURUS

Prejudicate

Misjudgment

VB misjudge, misestimate, misthink, misconjecture, misconceive, fly in the face of facts, miscalculate, misreckon, miscompute, overestimate, underestimate, prejudge, forejudge, presuppose, presume, prejudicate, dogmatize, have a bias, have only one idea, jurare in verba magistri, run away with the notion, jump to a conclusion, rush to a conclusion, leap to a conclusion, judge hastily, shoot from the hip, jump to conclusions, look only at one side of the shield, view with jaundiced eye, view through distorting spectacles, not see beyond one's nose, dare pondus fumo, get the wrong sow by the ear, give a bias, give a twist, bias, warp, twist, prejudice, prepossess.