Dictionary entry

Arbitrate

Webster's Dictionary 1913

Ar″bi‐trate (�), v. 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 case.

2. To decide, or determine generally. South.

There shall your swords and lances arbitrate

The swelling difference of your settled hate.

Shak.