4 definitions
for Adjudicate
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :
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.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :
Adjudicate \Ad*ju"di*cate\, v. i.
To come to a judicial decision; as, the court adjudicated
upon the case.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 :
adjudicate
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, 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 Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :
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
