| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| SYLLABICATION: | ad·judge |
| PRONUNCIATION: |   -j j |
| TRANSITIVE VERB: | Inflected forms: ad·judged, ad·judg·ing, ad·judg·es
1a. To determine or decide by judicial procedure; adjudicate. b. To order judicially; rule. c. To award (damages, for example) by law. 2. To regard, consider, or deem: was adjudged incompetent. | | ETYMOLOGY: | Middle English ajugen, from Old French ajuger, from Latin adi dic re. See adjudicate.
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