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Arbitrate

Ar'bi-trāte, v. t.

verbtransitive

v. t. [Lat. arbitrari, to be a hearer or beholder of something, to make a decision, to give judgment, from arbiter, q. v.; Fr. arbitrer, Pr. arbitrar.]

Sense 1. To hear and decide, as arbitrators; as, to choose men to arbitrate a disputed case.

Sense 2. To decide, or determine generally. South.

Är'/bi-trāte, v. i.

verbintransitive

[imp. & p. p. ARBITRATED; p. pr. & vb. n. ARBITRATING.]

Sense 1. To decide; to determine.

In this contest strokes must arbitrate. Shak.

Sense 2. To judge of or act as arbitrator; as, to arbitrate upon several reports.