Meaning & use

Adjudged

verb·Academic

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Decided or pronounced formally, especially by a court or judge, after careful consideration.

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The defendant was adjudged guilty on two of the four charges.

The property was adjudged to be worth far less than the owner claimed.

A note on using this word

Adjudged is the past tense of adjudge, a formal verb largely confined to legal and judicial contexts.

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