adjudge

Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

ad·judge [adjudge adjudges adjudged adjudging] BrE [əˈdʒʌdʒ] NAmE [əˈdʒʌdʒ] verb usually passive (formal)
to make a decision about sb/sth based on the facts that are available
•~ sth + adj. The company was adjudged bankrupt.
•~ sth + noun The tour was adjudged a success.
•sth is adjudged to be, have, etc. sth The reforms were generally adjudged to have failed.
Verb forms:

Word Origin:
late Middle English: from Old French ajuger, from Latin adjudicare, from ad- ‘to’ + judicare, from judex, judic- ‘a judge’.

Example Bank:
•The measures have since been adjudged inadequate.

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  declare, hold