From WordNet (r) 2.0 (August 2003) [wn]:
just
adj 1: 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" [ant: unjust]
2: implying justice dictated by reason, conscience, and a
natural sense of what is fair to all; "equitable treatment
of all citizens"; "an equitable distribution of gifts
among the children" [syn: equitable] [ant:
inequitable]
3: free from favoritism or self-interest or bias or deception;
or conforming with established standards or rules; "a fair
referee"; "fair deal"; "on a fair footing"; "a fair
fight"; "by fair means or foul" [syn: fair] [ant:
unfair]
4: of moral excellence; "a genuinely good person"; "a just
cause"; "an upright and respectable man"; "the life of the
nation is secure only while the nation is honest,
truthful, and virtuous"- Frederick Douglass [syn: good,
upright, virtuous]
adv 1: 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" [syn: merely,
simply, only, but]
2: 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"
[syn: precisely, exactly]
3: only a moment ago; "he has just arrived"; "the sun just now
came out" [syn: just now]
4: absolutely; "I just can't take it anymore"; "he was just
grand as Romeo"; "it's simply beautiful!" [syn: simply]
5: by a small margin; "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 [syn: barely, hardly, scarcely, scarce]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Joust \Joust\ (joust or j[u^]st; 277), 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.]
1. To engage in mock combat on horseback, as two knights in
the lists; to tilt. [Written also just.]
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For the whole army to joust and tourney. --Holland.
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2. Hence: To engage in a competition involving one-to-one
struggle with an opponent.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Joust \Joust\, n. [OE. juste, jouste, OF. juste, jouste, joste,
F. joute. See Joust, v. i.]
1. A tilting match; a mock combat on horseback between two
knights in the lists or inclosed field. [Written also
just.]
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Gorgeous knights at joust and tournament. --Milton.
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2. Hence: Any competition involving one-to-one struggle with
an opponent.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
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.]
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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. "O just but severe law!" --Shak.
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There is not a just man upon earth, that doeth good,
and sinneth not. --Eccl. vii.
20.
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Just balances, just weights, . . . shall ye have.
--Lev. xix.
36.
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How should man be just with God? --Job ix. 2.
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We know your grace to be a man.
Just and upright. --Shak.
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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.
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Just of thy word, in every thought sincere. --Pope.
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The prince is here at hand: pleaseth your lordship
To meet his grace just distance 'tween our armies.
--Shak.
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He was a comely personage, a little above just
stature. --Bacon.
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Fire fitted with just materials casts a constant
heat. --Jer. Taylor.
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When all
The war shall stand ranged in its just array.
--Addison.
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Their names alone would make a just volume.
--Burton.
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3. Rendering or disposed to render to each one his due;
equitable; fair; impartial; as, just judge.
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Men are commonly so just to virtue and goodness as
to praise it in others, even when they do not
practice it themselves. --Tillotson.
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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.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Just \Just\, v. i. [See Joust.]
To joust. --Fairfax.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Just \Just\, n.
A joust. --Dryden.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Just \Just\, adv.
1. Precisely; exactly; -- in place, time, or degree; neither
more nor less than is stated.
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And having just enough, not covet more. --Dryden.
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The god Pan guided my hand just to the heart of the
beast. --Sir P.
Sidney.
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To-night, at Herne's oak, just 'twixt twelve and
one. --Shak.
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2. Closely; nearly; almost.
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Just at the point of death. --Sir W.
Temple.
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3. Barely; merely; scarcely; only; by a very small space or
time; as, he just missed the train; just too late.
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A soft Etesian gale
But just inspired and gently swelled the sail.
--Dryden.
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Just now, the least possible time since; a moment ago.
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