decide, settle, resolve, adjudicate
(verb) 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”
judge, adjudicate, try
(verb) 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”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
adjudicate (third-person singular simple present adjudicates, present participle adjudicating, simple past and past participle adjudicated)
To settle a legal case or other dispute.
To act as a judge.
• arbitrate
• decide
• settle
• resolve
• try
Source: Wiktionary
Ad*ju"di*cate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Adjudicated; p. pr. & vb. n. Adjudicating] Etym: [L. adjudicatus, p. p. of adjudicare. See Adjudge.]
Definition: To adjudge; to try and determine, as a court; to settle by judicial decree.
Ad*ju"di*cate, v. i.
Definition: To come to a judicial decision; as, the court adjudicated upon the case.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
9 June 2025
(noun) one having both male and female sexual characteristics and organs; at birth an unambiguous assignment of male or female cannot be made
The Boston Tea Party helped popularize coffee in America. The hefty tea tax imposed on the colonies in 1773 resulted in America switching from tea to coffee. In the lead up to the Revolutionary War, it became patriotic to sip java instead of tea. The Civil War made the drink more pervasive. Coffee helped energize tired troops, and drinking it became an expression of freedom.
