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arbitrating

[ahr-bi-treyt] Origin

ar·bi·trate

[ahr-bi-treyt] verb, -trat·ed, -trat·ing.
verb (used with object)
1.
to decide as arbitrator or arbiter; determine.
2.
to submit to arbitration; settle by arbitration: to arbitrate a dispute.
verb (used without object)
3.
to act as arbitrator or arbiter; decide between opposing or contending parties or sides.
4.
to submit a matter to arbitration.

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Arbitrating is always a great word to know.
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an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle.
a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.

Origin:
1580–90; < Latin arbitrātus decided, judged (past participle of arbitrārī), equivalent to arbit(e)r arbiter + -ātus -ate1

ar·bi·tra·tive, adjective
re·ar·bi·trate, verb, -trat·ed, -trat·ing.
un·ar·bi·trat·ed, adjective
un·ar·bi·tra·tive, adjective
well-ar·bi·trat·ed, adjective
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Word Origin & History

arbitrate
1580s, from L. arbitratus, pp. of arbitrari "to give a decision," from arbiter (see arbiter). In modern usage, an arbiter makes decisions of his own accord and is accountable to no one but himself; an arbitrator (early 15c.) decides issues referred to him by the parties.
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