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Webster 1913 Edition
Arbitrate
Ar′bi-trate
,Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Arbitrated
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Arbitrating
.] [L.
arbitratus
, p. p. of arbitrari
to be a hearer or beholder of something, to make a decision, to give judgment, fr. arbiter
. See Arbiter
.] 1.
To hear and decide, as arbitrators;
as, to choose to
. arbitrate
a disputed case2.
To decide, or determine generally.
South.
There shall your swords and lances
The swelling difference of your settled hate.
arbitrate
The swelling difference of your settled hate.
Shakespeare
Ar′bi-trate
,Verb.
I.
1.
To decide; to determine.
Shak.
2.
To act as arbitrator or judge;
as, to
arbitrate
upon several reports; to arbitrate
in disputes among neighbors; to arbitrate
between parties to a suit.Webster 1828 Edition
Arbitrate
'ARBITRATE
,Verb.
I.
To hear and decide, as arbitrators; as, to choose men to arbitrate between us.
'ARBITRATE
,Verb.
T.