Adjudge
verb ·Uncommon ·College level
Definitions
- 1 To declare to be.
- 2 declare to be wordnet
- 3 To deem or determine to be.
"City felt they were victims of an injustice after 16 minutes when Silva's free-kick floated straight in, but French official Stephane Lannoy adjudged that Joleon Lescott had fouled keeper Jorg Butt."
- 4 To award judicially; to assign.
"19th c., James Russell Lowell, The Heritage What doth the poor man's son inherit? Wishes o'erjoyed with humble things, A rank adjudged by toil-won merit, Content that from employment springs"
- 5 To sentence; to condemn.
"on failure of payment of the fines adjudged against them […] for which he shall be so adjudged to imprisonment"
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More examples"City felt they were victims of an injustice after 16 minutes when Silva's free-kick floated straight in, but French official Stephane Lannoy adjudged that Joleon Lescott had fouled keeper Jorg Butt."
Etymology
From Middle English ajugen, adjugen, from Old French ajugier, from Latin adiudicare. Doublet of adjudicate.
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