Dictionary entry

Adjudicate

Webster's Dictionary 1913

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.