English to English
adjudicate
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verb (v)
put on trial or hear a case and sit as the judge at the trial of(verb.social)
source: wordnet30
bring to an end; settle conclusively(verb.cognition)
Example:
The father adjudicated when the sons were quarreling over their inheritance.
source: wordnet30
To adjudge; to try and determine, as a court; to settle by judicial decree.(verb)
source: webster1913
To come to a judicial decision; as, the court adjudicated upon the case.(verb)
source: webster1913