adjudicate

Verbs

  • (v) put on trial or hear a case and sit as the judge at the trial of
    • The football star was tried for the murder of his wife
    • The judge tried both father and son in separate trials
    try, judge,
  • (v) bring to an end; settle conclusively
    • The case was decided
    • The judge decided the case in favor of the plaintiff
    • The father adjudicated when the sons were quarreling over their inheritance
    resolve, decide, settle,

Synonyms

try judge resolve decide settle

Words of close approximity