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Webster 1913 Edition

Adjudicate

Ad-ju′di-cate

,
Verb.
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.

Ad-ju′di-cate

,
Verb.
I.
To come to a judicial decision;
as, the court
adjudicated
upon the case
.

Webster 1828 Edition

Adjudicate

ADJU'DICATE

,
Verb.
T.
[L. adjudico, to give sentence. See Judge.]
To adjudge; to try and determine, as a court. it has the sense of adjudge.

ADJU'DICATE

,
Verb.
I.
To try and determine judicially; as, the court adjudicated upon the case.

Definition 2024

adjudicate

adjudicate

English

Verb

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.

Synonyms

Derived terms

Translations

Etymology

From Latin adiūdicō, from ad + iūdicō ‎(“to judge”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /əˈdʒudɪˌkeɪt/

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