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Jus"ti*fy (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Justified (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Justifying (?).] [F. justifier, L. justificare; justus just + -ficare (in comp.) to make. See Just, a., and -fy.]
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1. To prove or show to be just; to vindicate; to maintain or defend as conformable to law, right, justice, propriety, or duty.
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That to the height of this great argument
I may assert eternal providence,
And justify the ways of God to men. Milton.
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Unless the oppression is so extreme as to justify revolution, it would not justify the evil of breaking up a government. E. Everett.
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2. To pronounce free from guilt or blame; to declare or prove to have done that which is just, right, proper, etc.; to absolve; to exonerate; to clear.
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I can not justify whom the law condemns. Shak.
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3. (Theol.) To treat as if righteous and just; to pardon; to exculpate; to absolve.
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By him all that believe are justified from all things, from which ye could not be justified by the law of Moses. Acts xiii. 39.
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4. To prove; to ratify; to confirm. [Obs.] Shak.
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5. (Print.) To make even or true, as lines of type, by proper spacing; to align (text) at the left (left justify) or right (right justify) margins of a column or page, or at both margins; to adjust, as type. See Justification, 4.
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6. (Law) (a) To show (a person) to have had a sufficient legal reason for an act that has been made the subject of a charge or accusation. (b) To qualify (one's self) as a surety by taking oath to the ownership of sufficient property.
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The production of bail in court, who there justify themselves against the exception of the plaintiff. Bouvier's Law Dict.
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Syn. -- To defend; maintain; vindicate; excuse; exculpate; absolve; exonerate.
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Jus"ti*fy, v. i. 1. (Print.) To form an even surface or true line with something else; to fit exactly.
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2. (Law) To take oath to the ownership of property sufficient to qualify one's self as bail or surety.
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