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

The tribunal, which ended on 1 August 2022, adjudged as a matter of fact that the attack had taken place.

From BBC

Woakes almost had Smith without scoring, only for the third umpire to adjudge an edge had not carried to Joe Root at first slip.

From BBC

Despite being named in Zambia's original Wafcon squad, she was now deemed ineligible after her testosterone levels were adjudged to be naturally overly high.

From BBC

Ben Duckett scrapped to 50 and controversially survived late in the day when it was adjudged that Starc had grounded a boundary catch.

From BBC

"Remember Rudy went into the GA grand jury too and testified and apparently was adjudged by one juror as credible," he tweeted.

From Salon