Emily Dickinson Lexicon

AD-JUDG'E, v.t. [Fr. adjuger, from juge, judge. See Judge.]

To decide, or determine, in the case of a controverted question; to decree by a judicial opinion; used appropriately of courts of law and equity; as, the case was adjudged in Hilary term; the prize was adjudged to the victor; a criminal was adjudged to suffer death. It has been used in the sense of to judge; as, he adjudged him unworthy of his friendship. But this sense is unusual.