adjudge

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US /əˈdʒʌdʒ/ UK /əˈdʒʌdʒ/ See IPA manual

verb

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verb
to declare or pronounce judicially or formally

The court adjudged him liable for the damages.

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1 verb · to declare or pronounce... judge deem pronounce rule decree adjudicate declare

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Derived forms adjudgment

Related forms judge adjudicate judgment

Etymology

From Old French ajugier ('to judge'), from Latin adiudicare ('to award, adjudge'), from ad- ('to') + iudicare ('to judge'), from iudex ('judge').

ajugier Old French iudicare Latin

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# adjudge

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** verb
**IPA (US):** əˈdʒʌdʒ
**IPA (UK):** əˈdʒʌdʒ

## Meanings
1. to declare or pronounce judicially or formally

## Examples
- The court adjudged him liable for the damages.

## Synonyms
- judge
- deem
- pronounce
- rule
- decree
- adjudicate
- declare

## Derived Forms
- adjudgment

## Related Forms
- judge
- adjudicate
- judgment

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: ajugier
- Root: iudicare

## Etymology
From Old French ajugier ('to judge'), from Latin adiudicare ('to award, adjudge'), from ad- ('to') + iudicare ('to judge'), from iudex ('judge').

## AI Etymology
Adjudge is from Old French ajugier ('to judge'), from Latin adiudicare ('to award, adjudge'), from ad- ('to') + iudicare ('to judge'), from iudex ('judge'). Important recorded forms include ajugier (Old French) and iudicare (Latin). Morphologically, the word is a built form whose named elements carry part of the historical sense. The current sense covers to declare or pronounce judicially or formally. The wider family includes derived forms such as adjudgment and related words such as judge, adjudicate, and judgment.

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