adjudge

Verb

Meaning

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

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

To regard or hold; to judge; to deem.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

award hold determine declare adjudicate order rate find rule view account call judge referee doom

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Antonyms

attack battle fight combat engage encounter

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Hypernyms

judge evaluate pass judgment

Hyponyms

saint call judge label admit acknowledge

Derivatives

adjudged Adjudging

Examples

When two hypotheses are possible, we provisionally choose that which our minds adjudge to be simpler, on the supposition that this is the more likely to lead in the direction of truth. It includes as a special case the principle of Occam's razor-entia non multiplicana praeter necessitatem. James Jeans

She was declared incompetent Source: Internet

judge held that the defendant was innocent Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

Adjt. adjudg adjudgable adjudgeable adjudgement adjudger