adjudge means to declare to be. Lexicurio rates it Rare gem — a strength score of 82 out of 100.
adjudge is pronounced /əˈd͡ʒʌd͡ʒ/.
Etymology
From Middle English ajugen, adjugen, from Old French ajugier, from Latin adiudicare. Doublet of adjudicate.
verb
- To declare to be.
- To deem or determine to be.“City felt they were victims of an injustice after 16 minutes when Silva's free-kick floated straight in, but French official Stephane Lannoy adjudged that Joleon Lescott had fouled keeper Jorg Butt.”
- To award judicially; to assign.“19th c., James Russell Lowell, The Heritage
What doth the poor man's son inherit?
Wishes o'erjoyed with humble things,
A rank adjudged by toil-won merit,
Content that from employment springs”
- To sentence; to condemn.“on failure of payment of the fines adjudged against them […] for which he shall be so adjudged to imprisonment”