adjudge
Americanverb (used with object)
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adjudges,
present (3rd person singular)
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adjudged,
past participle, past
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adjudging
present participle
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to declare or pronounce formally; decree.
The will was adjudged void.
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to award or assign judicially.
The prize was adjudged to him.
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to decide by a judicial opinion or sentence.
to adjudge a case.
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to sentence or condemn.
He was adjudged to die.
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to deem; consider; think.
It was adjudged wise to avoid war.
verb
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to pronounce formally; declare
he was adjudged the winner
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to determine judicially; judge
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to order or pronounce by law; decree
he was adjudged bankrupt
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to award (costs, damages, etc)
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archaic to sentence or condemn
Other Word Forms
Derived Forms
Inflected Forms
Participles
Conjugated Forms
Present
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adjudgesimple
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adjudgessimple
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have adjudgedperfect
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has adjudgedperfect
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am adjudgingprogressive
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are adjudgingprogressive
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is adjudgingprogressive
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have been adjudgingperfect progressive
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has been adjudgingperfect progressive
Past
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adjudgedsimple
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had adjudgedperfect
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was adjudgingprogressive
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were adjudgingprogressive
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had been adjudgingperfect progressive
Future
Etymology
Origin of adjudge
1325–75; Middle English ajugen < Middle French ajug ( i ) er < Latin adjūdicāre. See adjudicate
Example Sentences
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But as the original on-field decision was to adjudge Diaz offside, the response of “check complete” appeared to confirm the offside decision was correct.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 2, 2023
“Federal courts are authorized ‘to adjudge the legal rights of litigants in actual controversies,’ not hurt feelings,” wrote Justice Thomas.
From Washington Times ● Mar. 6, 2023
The hosts thought they had turned the game on its head when Jeffrey Schlupp struck after 26 minutes only for VAR to adjudge that Odsonne Edouard had strayed offside before finding the Ghana midfielder.
From BBC ● Aug. 20, 2022
Only true believers will adjudge “Western Stars” to be one of the Boss’s great ones.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 21, 2019
"They always adjudge it again to the first winner."
From Dreamers of the Ghetto by Zangwill, Israel
Marriner adjudges that Distin has fouled him, but again it looked harsh.
From The Guardian ● Oct. 28, 2012
But the novel most frequently mentioned is War and Peace, which one of three main protagonists, Patty, adjudges "the best book I've ever read".
From The Guardian ● Sep. 17, 2010
Pushkin he adjudges a splendid poet, and one who has done honour to Holy Russia.
From Poor Folk by Hogarth, C. J.
Justification is an act of God, by which He accounts or adjudges a person righteous in His sight.
From The Way of Salvation in the Lutheran Church by Rhodes, M. (Mosheim)
And Jupiter afterwards adjudges the victory to Menelaus in these words: The conquest leans to Menelaus's side.
From Complete Works of Plutarch — Volume 3: Essays and Miscellanies by Plutarch
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 ● Mar. 14, 2026
But two quick tries from Jack Yeandle and Olly Woodburn brought them within a converted score before Australia prop Scott Sio was adjudged to have got over the line and Henry Slade kicked the conversion.
From BBC ● Nov. 28, 2025
Four minutes later the Danes were down to 10 men when Rasmus Kristensen was harshly handed a second booking after being adjudged to have brought down John McGinn.
From Barron's ● Nov. 18, 2025
When Marufa Akter was adjudged lbw next ball, Athapaththu had conjured the unthinkable, defending nine with a single run conceded in the over.
From Barron's ● Oct. 20, 2025
Failing that, they would be adjudged traitors, their lands and titles forfeit to the throne.
From "A Game of Thrones" by George R.R. Martin
After reviewing the incident on the pitchside monitor, referee Marco Di Bello revoked his decision after adjudging there had been a foul on Sepe just before.
From Seattle Times ● May 8, 2022
Neil Swarbrick pointed to the spot after adjudging the challenge to be in the box, with the Wales international dusting himself off to send Schwarzer the wrong way.
From The Guardian ● May 4, 2013
The hosts had appeals for a first-half penalty rejected, with the referee correctly adjudging Andrew Surman to have been fouled just outside the area.
From BBC ● Sep. 15, 2012
Dr. Badawi hopes that naysayers will attend the planned conferences, and read the new journal that he is helping to found, before adjudging that the scholarship disrespects the Koran.
From New York Times ● Jun. 9, 2012
It remains to consider its office of adjudging statutes which come in conflict with their meaning, as thus determined, to be void.
From The American Judiciary by Baldwin, Simeon E., LLD
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