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Adjudge

//əˈd͡ʒʌd͡ʒ// verb

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Verb
  1. 1
    To declare to be.
  2. 2
    declare to be wordnet
  3. 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. 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. 5
    To sentence; to condemn.

    "on failure of payment of the fines adjudged against them […] for which he shall be so adjudged to imprisonment"

Etymology

From Middle English ajugen, adjugen, from Old French ajugier, from Latin adiudicare. Doublet of adjudicate.

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