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Verb: adjudicate  u'joodu`keyt
  1. Put on trial or hear a case and sit as the judge at the trial of
    - judge, try
     
  2. Bring to an end; settle conclusively
    "The father adjudicated when the sons were quarrelling over their inheritance"
    - decide, settle, resolve

Derived forms: adjudicated, adjudicating, adjudicates

See also: adjudicative, adjudicator, judge

Type of: decide, determine, end, make up one's mind, terminate