Adjudicate (verb)
aj-oo-dik-ayt
Make a formal judgement on a disputed matter.
Mid 17th century from Latin adjudicat- ‘awarded judicially’, from the verb adjudicare (see adjudge). The noun adjudication dates from the late 16th century.
Example sentences
“It’s the committee that adjudicate the results.”
Medley (noun) med-lee a mixture, especially of heterogeneous elements; hodgepodge; jumble. First recorded in 1300–50; Middle English noun and adjective medle(e), medlei(e), maedlai(e) “battle, war, quarrel; mixture, balanced mixture,” from…
