Found 2 items, similar to adjudicate.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: adjudicate adjudicate v 1: put on trial or hear a case and sit as the judge at the trial of; “The football star was tried for the murder of his wife”; “The judge tried both father and son in separate trials” [syn: judge, try] 2: bring to an end; settle conclusively; “The case was decided”; “The judge decided the case in favor of the plaintiff”; “The father adjudicated when the sons were quarreling over their inheritance” [syn: decide, settle, resolve]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Adjudicate Adjudicate \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. [1913 Webster] Adjudicate \Ad*ju"di*cate\, v. i. To come to a judicial decision; as, the court adjudicated upon the case. [1913 Webster]