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dijudicate, v. Now rare.|daɪˈdʒuːdɪkeɪt|
[f. L. dījūdicāt-, pa. ppl. stem of dījūdicāre to judge, determine, f. dī- apart (di-1) + jūdicāre to judge.]
a. intr. To judge or pass judgement between contending parties or in contested matters; to determine, decide.
1607T. Walkington Opt. Glass 3 The..touchstone of true wisdome which dijudicates not according to external semblances. 1641R. Brathwait Eng. Intelligencer ii, It being solely in your powers to dijudicate of his necessity. 1656in Blount Glossogr. 1676W. Hubbard Happiness of People 5 Dijudicating of the time and season.
b. trans. To judge of; to pronounce judgement on, decide formally or authoritatively.
1666J. Smith Old Age (ed. 2) 41 To dijudicate them as they are in themselves, and to discern them as they differ from all other. 1865Pusey Eirenicon 32 [tr. Bossuet] The matter being dijudicated.
Hence diˈjudicating vbl. n.
a1656Hales Gold. Rem. 260 (T.) The church of Rome..commends unto us the authority of the church in dijudicating of scriptures. |