{UAH} WORD OF THE DAY January 24, 2019- adjudicate

WORD OF THE DAY January 24, 2019

adjudicate    verb | uh-JOO-dih-kayt     Definition   1 : to make an official decision about who is right in (a dispute) : to settle judicially   2 : to act as judge   Scroll down for more about adjudicate      TRENDING NOW: cache intransigence intransigent white supremacist SEE ALL      PEOPLE ARE READING   Beans!       'Imbroglio' — Video Word of the Day 1/23/2019     A Calm, Collected History of 'Uproar'       8 Words with Secret Meanings Only the Musician-Types Know         WORD GAMES AND QUIZZES: WEEKLY CHALLENGE   Homophone Quiz   More/moor than/then two/too/to.     PLAY NOW     Nailed this quiz? We have plenty more to try!  TAKE ME THERE         Did You Know?   Adjudicate is one of several terms that give testimony to the influence of jus, the Latin word for "law," on our legal language. Adjudicate is from the Latin verb adjudicare, from judicare, meaning "to judge," which, in turn, traces to the Latin noun judex, meaning "judge." English has other judex words, such as judgment, judicial, judiciary, and prejudice. If we admit further evidence, we discover that the root of judex is jus. What's the verdict? Latin "law" words frequently preside in English-speaking courtrooms. In addition to the judex words, jury, justice, injury, and perjury are all ultimately from Latin jus.     Examples of ADJUDICATE   "… Nichols said in addition to the nine dogs brought to the shelter, it is housing 31 dogs that were confiscated in animal cruelty or neglect cases. She said the shelter has to board the dogs, feed them and care for them until the cases are adjudicated." — Russ Coreyemp, The Times Daily (Florence, Alabama), 16 Dec. 2018   "To qualify as a couture house, which is an official designation like champagne, a brand must maintain an atelier of a certain number of artisans full time and produce a specific number of garments twice a year for a show. There are only a very few that can fulfill the requirements…. A lot have dropped out over the years …, and the governing organization that adjudicates this has relaxed some of its rules to admit younger, less resourced and guest designers…." — Vanessa Friedman, The New York Times, 17 Dec. 2018   Name That Synonym   Unscramble the letters to create a synonym of adjudicate: EATRRBITA.   VIEW THE ANSWER           WORD OF THE YEAR 2018     Justice + 10 more   Read why justice is our Word of the Year, plus lodestar, epiphany, pansexual, and 7 more top words!   SEE THE FULL LIST            MORE WORD FUN:     WORD GAMES          TRENDING NOW          WORDS AT PLAY      FOLLOW US:

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