Part 6212

<p><b>4.</b> <def>To prove; to ratify; to confirm.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Shak.</i>

<p><b>5.</b> <fld>(Print.)</fld> <def>To make even or true, as lines of type, by proper spacing; to adjust, as type. See <er>Justification</er>, 4.</def>

<syn>Syn. -- To defend; maintain; vindicate; excuse; exculpate; absolve; exonerate.</syn>

<h1>Justify</h1> <Xpage=807>

<hw>Jus"ti*fy</hw>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <fld>(Print.)</fld> <def>To form an even surface or true line with something else; to fit exactly.</def>

<-- esp. in printing, to align (text) at the left (left justify) or right (right justify) margins of a column or page, or at both margins -->

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Law)</fld> <def>To take oath to the ownership of property sufficient to qualify one's self as bail or surety.</def>

<h1>Justinian</h1> <Xpage=807>

<hw>Jus*tin"i*an</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Of or pertaining to the Institutes or laws of the Roman Justinian.</def>

<h1>Justle</h1> <Xpage=807>

<hw>Jus"tle</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <ety>[Freq. of <ets>joust</ets>, <ets>just</ets>, <tt>v. i.</tt> See <er>Joust</er>, <tt>v. i.</tt>, and cf. <er>Jostle</er>.]</ety> <def>To run or strike against each other; to encounter; to clash; to jostle.</def>

<i>Shak.</i>

<blockquote>The chariots shall rage in the streets; they shall <b>justle</b> one against another in the broad ways. <i>Nahum ii. 4.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Justle</h1> <Xpage=807>

<hw>Jus"tle</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Justled</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Justling</er> <tt>(?)</tt>.]</wordforms> <def>To push; to drive; to force by running against; to jostle.</def>

<blockquote>We <b>justled</b> one another out, and disputed the post for a great while. <i>Addison.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Justle</h1> <Xpage=807>

<hw>Jus"tle</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>An encounter or shock; a jostle.</def>

<h1>Justly</h1> <Xpage=807>

<hw>Just"ly</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>adv.</tt> <ety>[From <er>Just</er>, <tt>a.</tt>]</ety> <def>In a just manner; in conformity to law, justice, or propriety; by right; honestly; fairly; accurately.</def> "In equal balance <i>justly</i> weighed."

<i>Shak.</i>

<blockquote>Nothing can <b>justly</b> be despised that can not <b>justly</b> be blamed: where there is no choice there can be no blame. <i>South.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Justness</h1> <Xpage=807>

<hw>Just"ness</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The quality of being just; conformity to truth, propriety, accuracy, exactness, and the like; justice; reasonableness; fairness; equity; <as>as, <ex>justness</ex> of proportions; the <ex>justness</ex> of a description or representation; the <ex>justness</ex> of a cause.</as></def>

<blockquote>In value the satisfaction I had in seeing it represented with all the <b>justness</b> and gracefulness of action. <i>Dryden.</i></blockquote>

<note>&hand; <i>Justness</i> is properly applied to things, and <i>justice</i> to persons; but the distinction is not always observed.</note>

<syn>Syn. -- Accuracy; exactness; correctness; propriety; fitness; reasonableness; equity; uprightness; justice.</syn>