An article published in Harvard Men’s Health Watch in 2012 shows heavy coffee drinkers live longer. The researchers examined data from 400,000 people and found out that men who drank six or more coffee cups per day had a 10% lower death rate.
ADJUDICATE
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
Etymology
Verb
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.
Synonyms
• 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
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