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to decide as or ; determine.
to submit to ; settle by :
to arbitrate a dispute.
to act as or ; decide between opposing or contending parties or sides.
to submit a matter to .
historical examples

disputes can not be arbitrated out by other people for them.
the ghost in the white house gerald stanley lee

i appreciate that some questions are not justiciable and cannot be arbitrated.
the evidence in the case james m. beck

“we arbitrated the question and have settled on a compromise,” patty replied with quiet dignity.
just patty jean webster

had that belief not been widely spread and firmly maintained, the lords who arbitrated between henry vi.
the last of the barons, complete edward bulwer-lytton

for two weeks they studied, debated, and arbitrated the list of guests.
babbitt sinclair lewis

and it is a fortunate thing that between them few “questions” remain to be arbitrated either by pen or sword.
ranching, sport and travel thomas carson

the matter is then arbitrated by the driver who accepts as client the one who offers the largest pourboire.
the note-book of an attache eric fisher wood

mr. root recommended that such disputes should be required to be arbitrated.
harper’s pictorial library of the world war, volume xii various

the chairman then arbitrated the differences of opinion among the three judges.
northern nut growers -ssociation report of the proceedings at the forty-second annual meeting northern nut growers -ssociation

it also arbitrated disputes, admitted new worlds to membership, and organized concerted human effort against dangerous enemies.
the lani people j. f. bone

verb
to settle or decide (a dispute); achieve a settlement between parties
to submit to or settle by arbitration
v.

1580s (arbitrable is recorded from 1530s), “to give an authoritative decision,” from latin arbitratus, past participle of arbitrari “be of an opinion, give a decision,” from arbiter (see arbiter). meaning “to act as an arbitrator” is from 1610s. related: arbitrated; arbitrating. the earlier verb form was arbitren (early 15c.).