Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Adjudicate \Ad*ju"di*cate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Adjudicated};
   p. pr. & vb. n. {Adjudicating}] [L. adjudicatus, p. p. of
   adjudicare. See {Adjudge}.]
   To adjudge; to try and determine, as a court; to settle by
   judicial decree.

Adjudicate \Ad*ju"di*cate\, v. i.
   To come to a judicial decision; as, the court adjudicated
   upon the case.

Source : WordNet®

adjudicate
     v 1: put on trial or hear a case and sit as the judge at the
          trial of; "The football star was tried for the murder of
          his wife"; "The judge tried both father and son in
          separate trials" [syn: {judge}, {try}]
     2: bring to an end; settle conclusively; "The case was
        decided"; "The judge decided the case in favor of the
        plaintiff"; "The father adjudicated when the sons were
        quarreling over their inheritance" [syn: {decide}, {settle},
         {resolve}]