Main entry: settle, decide, adjudicate, resolve
Definition: bring to an end; settle conclusively
Usage: The case was decided; The judge decided the case in favor of the plaintiff; The father adjudicated when the sons were quarreling over their inheritance
Main entry: adjudicate, try, judge
Definition: put on trial or hear a case and sit as the judge at the trial of
Usage: The football star was tried for the murder of his wife; The judge tried both father and son in separate trials