4 definitions found

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

adjudicate

verb

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}, {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}]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:

Adjudicate \Ad*ju"di*cate\, verb (used with an object) [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.

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:

Adjudicate \Ad*ju"di*cate\, verb (used without an object) To come to a judicial decision; as, the court adjudicated upon the case.

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

21 Moby Thesaurus words for "adjudicate": 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

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