v.
Pronunciation: ' är-b ə - ˌ tr ā t
Function: verb
Inflected Form: -trat · ed ; -trat · ing
Date: 1592
transitive verb
1 archaic : DECIDE , DETERMINE
2 : to act as arbiter upon
3 : to submit or refer for decision to an arbiter <agreed to arbitrate their differences>
intransitive verb : to act as arbiter
– ar · bi · tra · tive \ - ˌ tr ā -tiv \ adjective