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ad⋅judge

  [uh-juhj]
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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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ad·judge   (ə-jŭj')   
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.
  2. To regard, consider, or deem: was adjudged incompetent.

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

Ad*judge"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Adjudged; p. pr. & vb. n. Adjudging.] [OE. ajugen, OF. ajugier, fr. L. adjudicare; ad + judicare to judge. See Judge, and cf. Adjudicate.]

1. To award judicially in the case of a controverted question; as, the prize was adjudged to the victor.

2. To determine in the exercise of judicial power; to decide or award judicially; to adjudicate; as, the case was adjudged in the November term.

3. To sentence; to condemn.

Without reprieve, adjudged to death For want of well pronouncing Shibboleth. --Milton.

4. To regard or hold; to judge; to deem.

He adjudged him unworthy of his friendship. --Knolles.

Syn: To decree; award; determine; adjudicate; ordain; assign.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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adjudge 
c.1374, from O.Fr. ajugier, from L. adjudicare "grant or award as a judge," from ad- "to" + judicare (see judge). Adjudication first recorded 1691.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Main Entry: ad·judge
Pronunciation: &-'j&j
Function: transitive verb
Inflected Forms: ad·judged; ad·judg·ing
1 : ADJUDICATE
2 : to award, grant, or impose judicially <adjudge costs to the plaintiff> —ad·judg·ment noun
Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of Law, © 1996 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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