adjudicate

Verb

Synonyms: judge try decide settle resolve

WordNet 3.0

Verb (2)

put on trial or hear a case and sit as the judge at the trial of“The football star was tried for the murder of his wife”“The judge tried both father and son in separate trials”Synonyms: judge try
bring to an end; settle conclusively“The case was decided”“The judge decided the case in favor of the plaintiff”“The father adjudicated when the sons were quarreling over their inheritance”Synonyms: decide settle resolve

Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

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. [1913 Webster]

Adjudicate \Ad*ju"di*cate\, v. i. To come to a judicial decision; as, the court adjudicated upon the case. [1913 Webster]