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adjoin
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adjudge
adjudicate
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adjudge

ad·judge [ ə júj ] (past and past participle ad·judged, present participle ad·judg·ing, 3rd person present singular ad·judg·es)


transitive verb 
Definition:
 
1. make judgment about somebody or something: to judge somebody or something in a particular way
She was adjudged to be an accomplished musician.

2. determine something judicially: to decide something in a judicial proceeding

3. decree something legally: to pronounce something by law

[14th century. Via Old French ajuger< Latin adjudicare (see adjudicate)]
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