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ADJUDGE

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Declare to be

Example:

judge held that the defendant was innocent

Synonyms:

adjudge; declare; hold

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Hypernyms (to "adjudge" is one way to...):

evaluate; judge; pass judgment (form a critical opinion of)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "adjudge"):

acknowledge; admit (declare to be true or admit the existence or reality or truth of)

superannuate (declare to be obsolete)

bastardise; bastardize (declare a child to be illegitimate)

certify (declare legally insane)

call (declare in the capacity of an umpire or referee)

beatify (declare (a dead person) to be blessed; the first step of achieving sainthood)

canonise; canonize; saint (declare (a dead person) to be a saint)

judge; label; pronounce (pronounce judgment on)

cancel; strike down (declare null and void; make ineffective)

formalise; formalize (make formal or official)

Sentence frames:

Something ----s something Adjective/Noun
Somebody ----s somebody something

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