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  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Adjudge  \Ad*judge"\,  v.  t.  [imp.  &  p.  p.  {Adjudged};  p.  pr  & 
  vb  n.  {Adjudging}.]  [OE.  ajugen  OF  ajugier  fr  L. 
  adjudicare  ad  +  judicare  to  judge.  See  {Judge},  and  cf 
  {Adjudicate}.] 
  1.  To  award  judicially  in  the  case  of  a  controverted 
  question;  as  the  prize  was  adjudged  to  the  victor. 
 
  2.  To  determine  in  the  exercise  of  judicial  power;  to  decide 
  or  award  judicially;  to  adjudicate;  as  the  case  was 
  adjudged  in  the  November  term. 
 
  3.  To  sentence;  to  condemn. 
 
  Without  reprieve,  adjudged  to  death  For  want  of  well 
  pronouncing  Shibboleth.  --Milton. 
 
  4.  To  regard  or  hold  to  judge;  to  deem. 
 
  He  adjudged  him  unworthy  of  his  friendship. 
  --Knolles. 
 
  Syn:  To  decree;  award;  determine;  adjudicate;  ordain;  assign. 




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