verb (-fied; -fying)
Etymology: Middle English justifien, from Anglo-French or Late Latin; Anglo-French justifier, from Late Latin justificare, from Latin justus
Date: 14th century
transitive verb
1. to prove or show to be just, right, or reasonable, b. to show to have had a sufficient legal reason, to qualify (oneself) as a surety by taking oath to the ownership of sufficient property,
2. to administer justice to, absolve , to judge, regard, or treat as righteous and worthy of salvation,
3. to space (as lines of text) so that the lines come out even at the margin, to make even by justifying , intransitive verb
1. to show a sufficient lawful reason for an act done, to qualify as bail or surety, to justify lines of text, see: maintain justifier noun
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