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dijudicate

dijudicate verb: to make a judicial decision; to decide; to determine.

Verb

dijudicate (third-person singular simple present dijudicates, present participle dijudicating, simple past and past participle dijudicated)

  1. To make a judicial decision; to decide; to determine.
    • The Church of Rome, when ſhe commends unto us the Authority of the Church in dijudicating of Scriptures , ſeems only to ſpeak of her ſelf1659, John Hales, “Confession of the Trinity”, in Golden Remains of the Ever Memorable Mr. John Hales

Forms of dijudicate

third-person singular presentdijudicates
present participledijudicating
past participledijudicated
pastdijudicated

Origin of dijudicate

From Latin dijudico (“to dijudicate”); di- (a combining form of dis-) + judico (“to judge”).

Questions about dijudicate

What does dijudicate mean?
Dijudicate means to make a judicial decision; to decide; to determine.
What part of speech is dijudicate?
Dijudicate is a verb.
What is the past tense of dijudicate?
The past tense of dijudicate is dijudicated.

Words near dijudicate in the dictionary

  1. Dijonnaise
  2. Dijons
  3. DiJoseph
  4. dijudicant
  5. dijudicants
  6. dijudicate
  7. dijudicated
  8. dijudicates
  9. dijudicating
  10. dijudication
  11. dijudications

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