arbitrate

English

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin arbitratus, past participle of arbitrari (“to be a witness, act as umpire”), from arbiter (“umpire”); see arbiter.

Verb

1. To make a judgment (on a dispute) as an arbitrator or arbiter

   to arbitrate a disputed case

   • Shakespeare

     There shall your swords and lances arbitrate / The swelling difference of your settled hate.

2. To submit (a dispute) to such judgment
3. (mathematics, rare) To assign an arbitrary value to, or otherwise determine arbitrarily.

   We wish to show f is continuous. Arbitrate epsilon greater than zero...

Related terms

• arbiter
• arbitrable
• arbitrability
• arbitrage

• arbitrary
• arbitration
• arbitrator

Translations

to make a judgment on

• Catalan: arbitrar (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 调停 (zh) (tiáotíng)

• Esperanto: arbitracii
• Finnish: toimia välimiehenä
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Greek:

  Ancient Greek: διαιτάω (diaitáō)

• Interlingue:
• Portuguese: arbitrar (pt)
• Spanish: arbitrar (es)

to submit to be judged

• Finnish: viedä välimiesoikeuteen
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• (deprecated template usage) Japanese: 仲介する (chūkai suru)
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Further reading

• “arbitrate”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
• “arbitrate”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.

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Italian

Verb

arbitrate

1. second-person plural present indicative of arbitrare
2. second-person plural imperative of arbitrare
3. feminine plural of arbitrato

Anagrams

• bratterai, ribatterà

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Latin

Participle

(deprecated template usage) arbitrāte

1. vocative masculine singular of arbitrātus