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English Dictionary: Just	by the DICT Development Group
7 results for Just
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
just adv and nothing more; "I was merely asking"; "it is simply a matter of time"; "just a scratch"; "he was only a child"; "hopes that last but a moment" Synonym(s): merely, simply, just, only, but indicating exactness or preciseness; "he was doing precisely (or exactly) what she had told him to do"; "it was just as he said--the jewel was gone"; "it has just enough salt" Synonym(s): precisely, exactly, just only a moment ago; "he has just arrived"; "the sun just now came out" Synonym(s): just, just now absolutely; "I just can't take it anymore"; "he was just grand as Romeo"; "it's simply beautiful!" Synonym(s): just, simply only a very short time before; "they could barely hear the speaker"; "we hardly knew them"; "just missed being hit"; "had scarcely rung the bell when the door flew open"; "would have scarce arrived before she would have found some excuse to leave"- W.B.Yeats Synonym(s): barely, hardly, just, scarcely, scarce exactly at this moment or the moment described; "we've just finished painting the walls, so don't touch them"; adj used especially of what is legally or ethically right or proper or fitting; "a just and lasting peace"- A.Lincoln; "a kind and just man"; "a just reward"; "his just inheritance" Antonym(s): unjust fair to all parties as dictated by reason and conscience; "equitable treatment of all citizens"; "an equitable distribution of gifts among the children" Synonym(s): equitable, just Antonym(s): inequitable, unjust free from favoritism or self-interest or bias or deception; conforming with established standards or rules; "a fair referee"; "fair deal"; "on a fair footing"; "a fair fight"; "by fair means or foul" Synonym(s): fair, just Antonym(s): unfair, unjust of moral excellence; "a genuinely good person"; "a just cause"; "an upright and respectable man" Synonym(s): good, just, upright
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Joust \Joust\, v. i. [OE. justen, jousten, OF. jouster, jouster, joster, F. jouter, fr. L. juxta near to, nigh, from the root of jungere to join. See {Join}, and cf. {Jostle}.] To engage in mock combat on horseback, as two knights in the lists; to tilt. [Written also {just}.] For the whole army to joust and tourney. --Holland.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Joust \Joust\, n. [OE. juste, jouste, OF. juste, jouste, joste, F. joute. See {Joust}, v. i.] A tilting match; a mock combat on horseback between two knights in the lists or inclosed field. [Written also {just}.] Gorgeous knights at joust and tournament. --Milton.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Just \Just\, a. [F. juste, L. justus, fr. jus right, law, justice; orig., that which is fitting; akin to Skr. yu to join. Cf. {Injury}, {Judge}, {Jury}, {Giusto}.] 1. Conforming or conformable to rectitude or justice; not doing wrong to any; violating no right or obligation; upright; righteous; honest; true; -- said both of persons and things. [bd]O just but severe law![b8] --Shak. There is not a just man upon earth, that doeth good, and sinneth not. -- Eccl. vii. 20. Just balances, just weights, . . . shall ye have. -- Lev. xix. 36. How should man be just with God? -- Job ix. 2. We know your grace to be a man. Just and upright. -- Shak. 2. Not transgressing the requirement of truth and propriety; conformed to the truth of things, to reason, or to a proper standard; exact; normal; reasonable; regular; due; as, a just statement; a just inference. Just of thy word, in every thought sincere. -- Pope. The prince is here at hand: pleaseth your lordship To meet his grace just distance 'tween our armies. -- Shak. He was a comely personage, a little above just stature. --Bacon. Fire fitted with just materials casts a constant heat. -- Jer. Taylor. When all The war shall stand ranged in its just array. -- Addison. Their named alone would make a just volume. -- Burton. 3. Rendering or disposed to render to each one his due; equitable; fair; impartial; as, just judge. Men are commonly so just to virtue and goodness as to praise it in others, even when they do not practice it themselves. --Tillotson. {Just intonation}. (Mus.) (a) The correct sounding of notes or intervals; true pitch. (b) The giving all chords and intervals in their purity or their exact mathematical ratio, or without temperament; a process in which the number of notes and intervals required in the various keys is much greater than the twelve to the octave used in systems of temperament. --H. W. Poole. Syn: Equitable; upright; honest; true; fair; impartial; proper; exact; normal; orderly; regular.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Just \Just\, v. i. [See {Joust}.] To joust. --Fairfax.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Just \Just\, n. A joust. --Dryden.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Just \Just\, adv. 1. Precisely; exactly; -- in place, time, or degree; neither more nor less than is stated. And having just enough, not covet more. -- Dryden. The god Pan guided my hand just to the heart of the beast. --Sir P. Sidney. To-night, at Herne's oak, just 'twixt twelve and one. -- Shak. 2. Closely; nearly; almost. Just at the point of death. -- Sir W. Temple. 3. Barely; merely; scarcely; only; by a very small space or time; as, he just missed the train; just too late. A soft Etesian gale But just inspired and gently swelled the sail. -- Dryden. {Just now}, the least possible time since; a moment ago.