adjudge

[uh-juhj]

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.

adjudge

/ 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

Other Word Forms

• unadjudged adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of adjudge¹

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of adjudge¹

C14: via Old French from Latin adjūdicāre. See _adjudicate

Example Sentences

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

Why was this adjudged to be a less serious offence than Russell cutting the chicane to pass a Williams in Monaco and not giving the place back, for which he got a drive-through penalty?

From BBC

West Coast adjudged it “a port enclosed and very good.”

From Los Angeles Times

Thomas Ramos reduced the deficit from the tee before Sale were millimetres short of a third try as Tom Roebuck was adjudged to have been in touch before diving over.

From BBC

The Times, taking the opposite line, reported that Glenn and another student, Brendon Barr, were adjudged “incorrigible” and clocked in a stockade as a last resort.

From Los Angeles Times