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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