# judicate

> English word · Verb

## Definitions
1. To judge; to adjudicate.

## Etymology
First attested in c. 1577; borrowed from Latin iūdicātus, perfect passive participle of iūdicō (see -ate (verb-forming suffix)) and possibly partly a clipping of adjudicate. Doublet of judge.

## Source
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