decide

American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

1. v. To settle conclusively all contention or uncertainty about: decide a case; decided the dispute in favor of the workers.
2. v. To make up one's mind about: decide what to do.
3. v. To influence or determine the outcome of: A few votes decided the election.
4. v. To cause to make or reach a decision.
5. v. To pronounce a judgment; announce a verdict.
6. v. To make up one's mind.

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

1. To cut off; separate.
2. To determine, as a question, controversy, or struggle, by some mode of arbitrament; settle by giving the victory to one side or the other; determine the issue or result of; adjust; conclude; end: as, the court decided the case in favor of the plaintiff; the umpire decided the contest; the fate of the bill is decided.
3. To resolve; determine in the mind: as, he decided to go.
4. To determine; form a definite opinion; come to a conclusion; pronounce a judgment: as, the court decided in favor of the defendant; to decide upon one's course.

Wiktionary

1. v. transitive To resolve (a contest, problem, dispute, etc.); to choose, determine, or settle.
2. v. intransitive To make a judgment, especially after deliberation.
3. v. transitive To cause someone to come to a decision.

GNU Webster's 1913

1. v. obsolete To cut off; to separate.
2. v. To bring to a termination, as a question, controversy, struggle, by giving the victory to one side or party; to render judgment concerning; to determine; to settle.
3. v. To determine; to form a definite opinion; to come to a conclusion; to give decision.

WordNet 3.0

1. v. influence or determine
2. v. reach, make, or come to a decision about something
3. v. cause to decide
4. v. bring to an end; settle conclusively