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adjudge

[ uh-juhj ]

verb (used with object)

adjudged, adjudging.
  1. to declare or pronounce formally; decree:

    The will was adjudged void.

  2. to award or assign judicially:

    The prize was adjudged to him.

  3. to decide by a judicial opinion or sentence:

    to adjudge a case.

  4. to sentence or condemn:

    He was adjudged to die.

  5. to deem; consider; think:

    It was adjudged wise to avoid war.



adjudge

/ əˈʌ /

verb

  1. to pronounce formally; declare

    he was adjudged the winner

    1. to determine judicially; judge
    2. to order or pronounce by law; decree

      he was adjudged bankrupt

    3. to award (costs, damages, etc)
  2. archaic.
    to sentence or condemn
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Other 51Թ Forms

  • ܲa·ܻ岵 adjective
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of adjudge1

1325–75; Middle English ajugen < Middle French ajug ( i ) er < Latin ū徱. See adjudicate
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of adjudge1

C14: via Old French from Latin ū徱. See adjudicate
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The Times, taking the opposite line, reported that Glenn and another student, Brendon Barr, were adjudged “incorrigible” and clocked in a stockade as a last resort.

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Although Verstappen stayed on the track, he was adjudged to have forced Norris off the track and was given his first penalty.

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The class had cobbled together a homemade Tesla coil, and wireless messages were sent from the basement to the school auditorium by students who, The Times adjudged, could “handle juice most familiarly.”

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Meg Jones is adjudged to have knocked the ball forwards before Jess Breach got over so the try is chalked off.

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The controversy came after Jason Killeen was adjudged to have been fouled in the act of shooting as the final buzzer sounded.

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