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umpiring


  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Umpire  \Um"pire\,  v.  t.  [imp.  &  p.  p.  {Umpired};  p.  pr  &  vb  n. 
  {Umpiring}.] 
  1.  To  decide  as  umpire;  to  arbitrate;  to  settle,  as  a 
  dispute. 
 
  Judges  appointed  to  umpire  the  matter  in  contest 
  between  them  and  to  decide  where  the  right  lies. 
  --South. 
 
  2.  To  perform  the  duties  of  umpire  in  or  for  as  to  umpire  a 
  game.  [Colloq.] 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  umpiring 
  n  :  the  act  of  umpiring  [syn:  {umpirage},  {officiation},  {officiating}, 
  {refereeing}] 




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