ad ‧ judge /əˈdʒʌdʒ/ BrE AmE verb [transitive usually passive] formal
[ Date: 1300-1400 ; Language: Old French ; Origin: ajugier , from Latin adjudicare ; ⇨ ↑ adjudicate ]
to make a judgment about something or someone SYN judge :
The reforms of 1979 were generally adjudged to have failed.