Hypertext Webster Gateway: "umpiring"

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.]


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