The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Adjudicate \Ad*ju"di*cate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Adjudicated;
   p. pr. & vb. n. Adjudicating] [L. adjudicatus, p. p. of
   adjudicare. See Adjudge.]
   To adjudge; to try and determine, as a court; to settle by
   judicial decree.
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