Adjudge

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ÊŒdÊ’

Origin

From Old French ajugier, from Latin adiudicare.

Full definition of adjudge

Verb

1. To declare to be.
2. To deem or determine to be.
• 2011, December 7, Phil McNulty, Man City 2 - 0 Bayern Munich, 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.
• XIX c., James Russell Lowell, 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