adjudicate

Borrowed from Latin adiūdicō, adiūdicātus, from ad + iūdicō (“to judge”). Doublet of adjudge.

• IPA^(key): /əˈd͡ʒudɪˌkeɪt/

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adjudicate (third-person singular simple present adjudicates, present participle adjudicating, simple past and past participle adjudicated)

1. To settle a legal case or other dispute.
2. To act as a judge.
3. (Scots law) To seize, or convey, a debtor's estate as security.

• arbitrate
• decide
• settle
• resolve
• try

• adjudication
• adjudicative
• adjudicator

• abjudicate
• adjudge

• “adjudicate, v.” in the Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries.

adjudicate

1. second-person singular voseo imperative of adjudicar combined with te