Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • transitive verb To determine or decide by judicial procedure; adjudicate.
  • transitive verb To order judicially; rule.
  • transitive verb To award (damages, for example) by law.
  • transitive verb To regard, consider, or deem.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • To award judicially; assign: as, the prize was adjudged to him.
  • To decide by a judicial opinion or sentence; adjudicate upon; determine; settle.
  • To pass sentence on; sentence or condemn.
  • To deem; judge; consider.
  • Synonyms To decree, adjudicate.
  • To decree; decide; pass sentence.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • transitive verb To award judicially in the case of a controverted question.
  • transitive verb To determine in the exercise of judicial power; to decide or award judicially; to adjudicate.
  • transitive verb To sentence; to condemn.
  • transitive verb To regard or hold; to judge; to deem.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • verb To declare to be.
  • verb To deem or determine to be.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • verb declare to be

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[Middle English ajugen, from Old French ajuger, from Latin adiūdicāre; see adjudicate.]

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

From Old French ajugier, from Latin adiudicare.

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