- to pronounce or decree by judicial sentence.
- to settle or determine (an issue or dispute) judicially.
- to act as judge of (a contest).
- to sit in judgment (usually followed by upon).
- to give a decision (on), esp a formal or binding one
- to act as an adjudicator
- to determine the likely result of (a game) by counting relative value of pieces, positional strength, etc
- to serve as a judge or arbiter, as in a competition
