adjudge

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Old French ajugier, from Latin adiudicare. Doublet of adjudicate.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /əˈdʒʌdʒ/
• Rhymes: -ʌdʒ

Verb

adjudge (third-person singular simple present adjudg, present participle ing, simple past and past participle adjudged)

1. To declare to be.
2. To deem or determine to be.
   • 2011 December 7, Phil McNulty, “Man City 2 - 0 Bayern Munich”, in BBC Sport‎^[1]:

     City felt they were victims of an injustice after 16 minutes when Silva's free-kick floated straight in, but French official Stephane Lannoy adjudged that Joleon Lescott had fouled keeper Jorg Butt.

3. To award judicially; to assign.
   • 19th c., James Russell Lowell, The Heritage

     What doth the poor man's son inherit?

     Wishes o'erjoyed with humble things,

     A rank adjudged by toil-won merit,

     Content that from employment springs

Related terms

• abjudge
• adjudicate
• judge

Translations

declare to be

• Interlingue:
• Irish: breithnigh
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deem or determine to be

• Interlingue:
• Irish: breithnigh
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• Bulgarian: ^{(please verify)} отсъждам (bg) (otsǎždam), ^{(please verify)} присъждам (bg) (prisǎždam)
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