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Adjudicate definitions

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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

ADJU'DICATE, v.t. [L. adjudico, to give sentence. See Judge.]
To adjudge; to try and determine, as a court. it has the sense of adjudge.
ADJU'DICATE, v.i. To try and determine judicially; as, the court adjudicated upon the case.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

v
1: put on trial or hear a case and sit as the judge at the trial of; "The football star was tried for the murder of his wife"; "The judge tried both father and son in separate trials" [syn: judge, adjudicate, try]
2: bring to an end; settle conclusively; "The case was decided"; "The judge decided the case in favor of the plaintiff"; "The father adjudicated when the sons were quarreling over their inheritance" [syn: decide, settle, resolve, adjudicate]

Merriam Webster's

verb (-cated; -cating) Date: 1775 transitive verb to settle judicially intransitive verb to act as judge • adjudicative adjective • adjudicator noun • adjudicatory adjective

Oxford Reference Dictionary

v. 1 intr. act as judge in a competition, court, tribunal, etc. 2 tr. a decide judicially regarding (a claim etc.). b (foll. by to be + compl.) pronounce (was adjudicated to be bankrupt). Derivatives: adjudication n. adjudicative adj. adjudicator n. Etymology: L adjudicare (as AD-, judicare f. judex -icis judge)

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Adjudicate Ad*ju"di*cate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Adjudicated; p. pr. & vb. n. Adjudicating] [L. adjudicatus, p. p. of adjudicare. See Adjudge.] To adjudge; to try and determine, as a court; to settle by judicial decree.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Adjudicate Ad*ju"di*cate, v. i. To come to a judicial decision; as, the court adjudicated upon the case.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(adjudicates, adjudicating, adjudicated) If you adjudicate on a dispute or problem, you make an official judgment or decision about it. (FORMAL) ...a commissioner to adjudicate on legal rights... The international court of justice might be a suitable place to adjudicate claims. = decide VERB: V prep, V n, also V • adjudication (adjudications) ...unbiased adjudication of cases of unfair dismissal. N-VAR • adjudicator (adjudicators) ...an independent adjudicator. N-COUNT

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

I. v. a. Determine. See adjudge. II. v. n. Judge, decide, determine, arbitrate give judgment, pass judgment, sit in judgment.

Moby Thesaurus

account, adjudge, allow, arbitrate, be judicious, consider, count, deem, esteem, exercise judgment, express an opinion, form an opinion, hold, judge, pine, presume, referee, regard, suppose, think of, unique