to declare or judge formally
to award or grant judicially
to adjudicate (a matter)
to declare or judge (somebody) formally to be as specified
He was adjudged guilty
to award or grant (e.g. costs) judicially
to hold or declare (something) to be as specified
The critics adjudge the book a success
[Middle English ajugen via French from Latin adjudicare, from ad- + judicare: see judge1]