adjudge

American  

[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.

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adjudge British  

/ əˈdʒʌdʒ /

verb

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

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Other Word Forms

• unadjudged adjective

Etymology

Origin of adjudge

1325–75; Middle English ajugen < Middle French ajug ( i ) er < Latin adjūdicāre. See adjudicate

Example Sentences

Ellis Genge was dispatched to the sin-bin seat of shame in Paris, adjudged to have cynically dragged down a France driving maul that was destined for the line.

From BBC

The UK, Dutch and other governments have also used distanced, networked processes to adjudge the authenticity of asylum seekers’ claims.

From Salon

However, the forward was denied a third goal in two games for his new side after a five-and-a-half-minute VAR check adjudged Erling Haaland to have interfered with play from an offside position.

From BBC

Smith first survived when the technology adjudged a Cummins bouncer that ended at first slip came off his helmet, rather than his glove.

From BBC

Canada then demolished a scrum under the Scottish sticks, the referee adjudged the Scots had halted the momentum illegally and awarded a penalty try.

From BBC