Crossword clues for umpired
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Umpire \Um"pire\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Umpired; p. pr. & vb. n. Umpiring.]
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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. To perform the duties of umpire in or for; as, to umpire a game. [Colloq.]
Wiktionary
vb. (en-past of: umpire)
Usage examples of "umpired".
And now Wild Whip, himself older than Noekni when she had umpired the contest, reviewed the permanent grandeurs of his islands.
Shef, sparing just one glance from his nearest enemy, recognized all three: Halvdan Ragnarsson, who had umpired his holmgang at York, Ubbi Ragnarsson the grizzled, and between them Sigurth, who had taken Shef's eye at Bedricsward.
On other evenings Nefer and Meren stripped naked, oiled their bodies and wrestled, while Taita umpired their bouts and called advice and instruction.
When Gale umpired away from the Natchez grounds his close decisions always favored the other team, rather than his own.