adjudge

[uh-juhj] /əˈdʒʌdʒ/
verb (used with object), adjudged, adjudging.
1.
to declare or pronounce formally; decree:
The will was adjudged void.
2.
to award or assign judicially:
The prize was adjudged to him.
3.
to decide by a judicial opinion or sentence:
to adjudge a case.
4.
to sentence or condemn:
He was adjudged to die.
5.
to deem; consider; think:
It was adjudged wise to avoid war.
Origin
1325-75; Middle English ajugen < Middle French ajug(i)er < Latin adjūdicāre. See adjudicate
Related forms
unadjudged, adjective
Examples from the web for adjudge
  • Stern left intact the authority of a bankruptcy judge to fully adjudge a creditor's claim.
  • The court may also in proper cases adjudge the party in contempt.
  • His application to adjudge the defendant in contempt is in addition specious.
  • Hovey's lyrics time will doubtless adjudge his best work.
British Dictionary definitions for adjudge

adjudge

/əˈdʒʌdʒ/
verb (transitive; usually passive)
1.
to pronounce formally; declare: he was adjudged the winner
2.
  1. to determine judicially; judge
  2. to order or pronounce by law; decree: he was adjudged bankrupt
  3. to award (costs, damages, etc)
3.
(archaic) to sentence or condemn
Word Origin
C14: via Old French from Latin adjūdicāre. See adjudicate
Word Origin and History for adjudge
v.

late 14c., "to make a judicial decision," from Old French ajugier "to judge, pass judgment on," from Latin adiudicare "grant or award as a judge," from ad- "to" (see ad-) + iudicare "to judge," which is related to iudicem (see judge (v.)). Sense of "to have an opinion" is from c.1400. Related: Adjudged; adjudging.