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to declare or pr-nounce formally; decree:
the will was adjudged void.
to award or -ssign judicially:
the prize was adjudged to him.
to decide by a judicial opinion or sentence:
to adjudge a case.
to sentence or condemn:
he was adjudged to die.
to deem; consider; think:
it was adjudged wise to avoid war.
historical examples

it was pretended that the academy of arcadians were to adjudge and decree the crown.
a decade of italian women, v. ii (of 2) t. adolphus trollope

we speak of a bond instead of a mortgage, and we adjudge where we ought to foreclose.
the book-hunter john hill burton

you are certainly not unhappy because you make eyes at the moon, and adjudge life to be vanity and vexation.
the potiphar papers george william curtis

that son he was about to adjudge to the gibbet and the hangman!
paul clifford, complete edward bulwer-lytton

the law went so far as to adjudge to the purchaser of fruits anything found among these fruits.
jesus the christ james edward talmage

no one can adjudge our modern large cities a healthy product.
woman and socialism august bebel

it was held competent for the court to adjudge any punishment short of death.
the great events by famous historians, volume 11 various

the khan sent his emb-ssador to vladimir, there to summon before him the two princes and their friends and to adjudge their cause.
the empire of russia john s. c. abbott

now, moiron seemed so normal, so quiet, so rational and sensible that it seemed impossible to adjudge him insane.
original short stories, volume 3 (of 13) guy de maup-ssant

a mistake in taste for which the wisdom of the future will adjudge a punishment called trigamy.
the devil’s dictionary ambrose bierce

verb (transitive; usually p-ssive)
to pr-nounce formally; declare: he was adjudged the winner

to determine judicially; judge
to order or pr-nounce by law; decree: he was adjudged bankrupt
to award (costs, damages, etc)

(archaic) to sentence or condemn
v.

late 14c., “to make a judicial decision,” from old french ajugier “to judge, p-ss judgment on,” from latin adiudicare “grant or award as a judge,” from ad- “to” (see ad-) + iudicare “to judge,” which is related to iudicem (see judge (v.)). sense of “to have an opinion” is from c.1400. related: adjudged; adjudging.