D defs.my
Entry 2 senses · 2 variants Webster, 1913

Adjudicate

/əj-o͞od'-ĭk-ātˌ/ · Ad·ju·di·cate · IPA /əˈd͡ʒu.dɪˌkeɪt/
01 v. t. To adjudge; to try and determine, as a court; to settle by judicial decree.
imp. & p. p. Adjudicated; p. pr. & vb. n. Adjudicating
  1. 1.
    To adjudge; to try and determine, as a court; to settle by judicial decree.
02 v. i. To come to a judicial decision; as, the court adjudicated upon the case.
  1. 1.
    To come to a judicial decision; as, the court adjudicated upon the case.