v. Forms: 4–5 aiuge, aiugge, 5 adiuge, 6 ajudge, 6– adjudge. [a. OFr. ajuge-r, earlier ajugier (mod. adjuger):—L. adjūdicā-re: see ADJUDICATE.] The a- was refashioned as ad- in Fr. in 14th c.; the d was still mute in Fr. in 16th c., but has been fixed in mod. Fr., and in Eng. since Caxton.]
1. trans. To settle, determine, or decide, judicially; to adjudicate upon.
c. 1374. Chaucer, Boethius, I. iv. 325 (1868). Þe peyne of þe accusacioun aiuged byforn.
1628. Coke, on Littleton, I. i. § 11 (1633), 18/1. And so was it adiudged in the Court of Common Pleas.
1664. Butler, Hudibr., II. ii. 346. Will not Fear, Favour, Bribe and Grudge The same case several ways adjudge.
1775. Burke, Sp. Conc. Amer., Wks. III. 107. When their removal shall be adjudged by his majesty in council.
1850. Gladstone, Gleanings, V. lxxvii. 218. A right to govern, to decide, to adjudge, for spiritual purposes.
1861. Stanley, East. Ch., ii. (1869), 78. The differences which it was called to adjudge.
2. To pronounce or decree by judicial sentence (a thing to be, or that it is so and so).
1563. Grafton, Hen. II., an. 9. His moveables were adiudged to be confiscate to the king.
1582. N. T. (Rhem.), Luke xxiii. 24. And Pilate adiudging their petition to be done.
1630. Prynne, Anti-Armin., 101. Wee may … adiudge it to be the Doctrine of our English Church.
1660. H. Finch, Trial of Regic., 10. This was adjudged horrid Treason by two Acts of Parliament.
1662. Fuller, Worthies (1840), II. 468. The king’s grant was adjudged void.
1846. Hawthorne, Mosses, II. iii. (1864), 68. And almost adjudged himself a criminal.
1852. Miss Yonge, Cameos, II. xx. 216. It was adjudged that the handsome knight must abide by his own terms.
† 3. To determine in one’s own judgment; to deem, consider, reckon, regard or judge (a thing to be, or that it is so and so). Obs.
c. 1400. Destr. Troy, VIII. 3718. The gentils aiuges hom two iuste goddis. Ibid., X. 4271. Gentils aiugget, & for iuste held, Þat in þat bare yle bothe borne were þai first.
1494. Fabyan, VII. ccxlvi. 289. A great comete or blasyng starre, the whiche the Frenshe men, with also the foresayde eclypce, adiudged for pronostiquykys & tokens of the Kynges deth.
1548. Geste, Priuee Masse, 72. I adjudge it a present worthy your worship.
1564. Haward, Eutrop., IX. 99. Divers adjudged that he was a scrivener’s sonne.
1644. Heylin, Laud, II. 387. An impossible design,… as some … did adjudge.
1719. Col. Rec. Penn., III. 68. It was adjudged Convenient to Defer the Consideracon of that address.
1729. Burkitt, N. T., Matt. xxvi. 7. Nothing is adjudged too dear for Christ.
† 4. To try judicially, judge, pass sentence on. Obs.
1509. Hawes, Past. Pleas., XI. viii. That the comon wyt … Maye well a judge the perfyt veritie Of theyr sentence.
1605. Camden, Rem., 5. The Archbishops of Canterbury … were adiudged by the Popes.
1623. Sanderson, Serm., Ad. Mag. iii. (1674), 122. When they had been convicted in a fair trial,… then to have adjudged them according to the Law.
1659. Hammond, On Ps. i. 6, 6. They shall all be severely adjudged by him.
5. To sentence or condemn (any one to a penalty, or to do or suffer something).
c. 1400. Destr. Troy, XXXIII. 13031. Engest he adiuget,… Nakid thro the noble toune onone to be drawen.
1548. Udall, etc., Erasm. Paraphr. Luke, Prol. 14. He shal bee adjudged … to the tormentes of the diepe pitte of hell.
c. 1555. R. Lindsay, Hist. Scotl. (1728), 189. The Cardinal and prelates … condemned him of heresy, and adjudged him to be burnt.
1638. Penit. Conf., vii. (1657), 131. Quoth the Pope, I am adjudged to eternal death.
1660. H. Finch, Trial of Regic. Here lies Thomas Scot, who adjudged to death the late King.
1756. Burke, Vind. Nat. Soc., Wks. 1842, I. 18. Sending me from the court to a prison, and adjudging my family to beggary and famine.
1878. P. Bayne, Pur. Rev., v. 205. By a company of Puritan soldiers,… Charles was adjudged to die.
6. To award judicially; to grant, bestow or impose by judicial sentence (a thing to or unto a person).
1494. Fabyan, VII. 319. That he wolde be obedyent vnto the court of Rome, and stand and obey all thyng yt the same court woll adiuge hym.
1588. Shaks., Tit. A., V. iii. 144. Hither hale that misbelieving Moore, To be adiudg’d some direfull slaughtering death.
1649. Selden, Laws of Eng., II. xxvii. (1739), 119. Both parts carry themselves so cunningly, as it is hard to adjudge the Garland.
1774. Bryant, Mythol., I. 101. The battle … was fought at Gaugamela … It is also adjudged to Arbela.
1789–96. J. Morse, Amer. Geog., I. 437. Adjudging and conferring degrees.
1837. Whewell, Hist. Induct. Sc. (1857), I. 333. The umpire who was to adjudge the prize.
1855. Prescott, Philip II., I. I. i. 3. The great prize of the empire was adjudged to Charles.
