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–verb (used with object), -judged, -judg·ing.

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.

[Origin: 1325–75; ME ajugen < MF ajug(i)er < L adjūdicāre. See adjudicate

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tr.v. ad·judged, ad·judg·ing, ad·judg·es

1. To determine or decide by judicial procedure; adjudicate.
2. To order judicially; rule.
3. To award (damages, for example) by law.
To regard, consider, or deem: was adjudged incompetent.

[Middle English ajugen, from Old French ajuger, from Latin adiūdicāre; see adjudicate.]

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