Dictionary entries for 'adjudge'

Synonyms

ad·judge (ə-jŭj́)

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

transitive verb: -judged, -judg·ing, -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.