From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishadjudgead‧judge /əˈdʒʌdʒ/ verb [transitive] formal to make a judgment about something or someone SYN judgebe adjudged to be something/have done something The reforms of 1979 were generally adjudged to have failed.Grammar Adjudge is usually passive.→ See Verb table
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adjudge• The policy was adjudged a failure.• Bruce Edgar adjudged him unlucky, but his record was modest: 17 wickets at 52.11 and 248 runs at 15.50.• He knew the local man to be in his mid-forties, and he adjudged his companion a little over 30.• I think she was crying, but adjudged it vulgar to peer.• Sometimes the workers are even unable to prove they are ill and are adjudged lazy or dismissed as malingerers.• The 7-year sentence originally imposed was adjudged to be excessive and reduced to three and a half.• Sir Giles Mompesson was adjudged to pay a total of £3,300 for felling timber even though he produced an Exchequer warrant.• Pork carcasses adjudged unacceptable are graded U. S. Utility.Origin adjudge (1300-1400) Old French ajugier, from Latin adjudicare; → ADJUDICATE 