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Webster 1913 Edition

Adjudge

Ad-judge′

,
Verb.
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.

Webster 1828 Edition

Adjudge

ADJUDGE'

, v.t.
To decide, or determine, in the case of a controverted question; to decree by a judicial opinion; used appropriately of courts of law and equity.
The case was adjudged in Hilary term.
The prize was adjudged to the victor; a criminal was adjudged to suffer death.
It has been used in the sense of to judge; as, he adjudged him unworthy of his friendship. But this sense is unusual.

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