əˈjəj also aˈ- transitive verb
( -ed/-ing/-s )
Etymology: alteration (influenced by such words as adjoin, adjure ) of Middle English ajugen, from Middle French ajugier, ajuger, from Latin adjudicare, from ad- + judicare to judge — more at judge
1.
a. : to decide or rule upon as a judge or with judicial or quasi-judicial powers : adjudicate
adjudge a lawsuit
adjudge a labor controversy
b. : to pronounce judicially : find , rule
he was adjudged insane
adjudging that the defendant owns the land
2. archaic : to sentence or condemn (a person) to some punishment
adjudged to death — John Milton
adjudged to die
3. : to regard, hold, or pronounce to be : judge , deem
studies … adjudged standard works in their field — A.D.H.Smith
— opposed to abjudge
4. : to award or grant judicially in a case of controversy
the difficulty of adjudging the prize
5. Scots law : to award to a creditor by adjudication