To settle or decide (a claim or dispute) by judicial argument and decision, by wager of battle, etc.; to determine.

transitive. Of God, a divine agent, etc.: to evaluate the moral worth of (a soul, a person, the world) and thereby determine reward and punishment…

To come to (persons) in order to judge of their state or condition. (Cf. sense 9.)

transitive. To pronounce judgement or sentence upon; to judge. Obsolete or archaic except as in 2.

to weigh (also examine) with the weights (or scales) of the sanctuary: to test by the standard of divine revelation. Also, to examine by an equal…