arbitrating

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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

Arbitrate \Ar"bi*trate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Arbitrated; p. pr. & vb. n. Arbitrating.] [L. arbitratus, p. p. of arbitrari to be a hearer or beholder of something, to make a decision, to give judgment, fr. arbiter. See Arbiter.]

1.To hear and decide, as arbitrators; as, to choose to arbitrate a disputed case. [1913 Webster]

2.To decide, or determine generally. --South. [1913 Webster]

There shall your swords and lances arbitrate The swelling difference of your settled hate.— Shak.[1913 Webster]
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