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judicate

noun · verb · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

Any of the independent states that took power in Sardinia in the Middle Ages.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: historical

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2

verb

Meaning 2

To judge; to adjudicate.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: ambitransitive, uncommon

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History

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.