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Webster 1913 Edition
Arbitrate
Ar′bi-trate
,Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Arbitrated
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Arbitrating
.] [L.
arbitratus
, p. p. of arbitrari
to be a hearer or beholder of something, to make a decision, to give judgment, fr. arbiter
. See Arbiter
.] 1.
To hear and decide, as arbitrators;
as, to choose to
. arbitrate
a disputed case2.
To decide, or determine generally.
South.
There shall your swords and lances
The swelling difference of your settled hate.
arbitrate
The swelling difference of your settled hate.
Shakespeare
Ar′bi-trate
,Verb.
I.
1.
To decide; to determine.
Shak.
2.
To act as arbitrator or judge;
as, to
arbitrate
upon several reports; to arbitrate
in disputes among neighbors; to arbitrate
between parties to a suit.Webster 1828 Edition
Arbitrate
'ARBITRATE
,Verb.
I.
To hear and decide, as arbitrators; as, to choose men to arbitrate between us.
'ARBITRATE
,Verb.
T.
Definition 2024
arbitrate
arbitrate
English
Verb
arbitrate (third-person singular simple present arbitrates, present participle arbitrating, simple past and past participle arbitrated)
- To make a judgment (on a dispute) as an arbitrator or arbiter
- to arbitrate a disputed case
- Shakespeare
- There shall your swords and lances arbitrate / The swelling difference of your settled hate.
- To submit (a dispute) to such judgment
- (mathematics, rare) To assign an object an arbitrary value, or otherwise arbitrarily determine it
- We wish to show f is continuous. Arbitrate epsilon greater than zero...
Related terms
Translations
to make a judgment on
to submit to be judged
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External links
- arbitrate in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
- arbitrate in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911