adjudge
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adjudge
- /əˈd͡ʒʌd͡ʒ/
Rhymes with -ʌdʒ
Where it comes from
From Middle English ajugen, adjugen, from Old French ajugier, from Latin adiudicare. Doublet of adjudicate.
verb adjudges · adjudging · adjudged
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To declare to be.
Similar: assert, make known, swear, asseverate, attest, aver, avouch, avow, certify, claim, confirm, construct
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To deem or determine to be.
City felt they were victims of an injustice after 16 minutes when Silva's free-kick floated straight in, but French official Stephane Lannoy adjudged that Joleon Lescott had fouled keeper Jorg Butt.
Similar: esteem, look upon, account, appraise, count, see, censure, consider, deem, hold, dub, find
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To award judicially; to assign.
19th c., James Russell Lowell, The Heritage
What doth the poor man's son inherit?
Wishes o'erjoyed with humble things,
A rank adjudged by toil-won merit,
Content that from employment springs
Similar: deem, judge, rule on, adjudge, adjudicate, arbitrate, doom, hear, settle, try
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To sentence; to condemn.
on failure of payment of the fines adjudged against them […] for which he shall be so adjudged to imprisonment
Similar: convict, doom, adjudge, condemn, damn, deem, judge, sentence
Translations
Talk about this word "adjudge." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/adjudge. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. adjudge. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/adjudge "adjudge." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/adjudge.Cite this
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title = {adjudge},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/adjudge},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
