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Verb: adjudicate  u'joo-du,keyt
  1. Hear a case and sit as the judge at a trial or hearing
    - judge, try
     
  2. Bring to an end; come to a final conclusion
    "The father adjudicated when the sons were quarrelling over their inheritance";
    - decide, settle, resolve

Derived forms: adjudicating, adjudicates, adjudicated

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

Encyclopedia: Adjudicate