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adjudge

/əˈdʒʌdʒ/uh-JUHJ
/əˈdʒʌdʒ/uh-JUHJ

Meaningdecide by judgment

Common meaning: decide officially or declare

‘to, towards’ + ‘to judge’ → adjudge

Journey through time

Hybrid: Latin + Old French Its parts come from different languages; the combined form first appears in our sources in Old French.

  • ad — Latin ad- “to, towards” (path traced)
  • judge — Old French juger “to judge” (path traced)

Parts join in Old French as ajuger.

  1. Latinad- + juger‘to, towards + to judge’source
  2. Old Frenchajuger‘decide by judgment’source
  3. Middle Englishmeaning shiftsdecide by judgment → judgeaiugen‘judge’source
  4. Englishmeaning shiftsjudge → decide officially or declareadjudge‘decide officially or declare’ · today

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
  • No UK recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-GB voice.
  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
  • No US recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-US voice.

Origin: Built on Old French ajuger, which Skeat analyses as ad- ‘to, towards’ + juger ‘to judge’.

Roots

  • ajuger Old French “decide by judgment”
  • juger Old French “to judge”

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