| v. t. | 1. | To adjudge; to try and determine, as a court; to settle by judicial decree. |
| v. i. | 1. | To come to a judicial decision; |
| Verb | 1. | adjudicate - 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" |
| 2. | adjudicate - 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" |