Definition of decide

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Decide (v. t.) To bring to a termination, as a question, controversy, struggle, by giving the victory to one side or party; to render judgment concerning; to determine; to settle..

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Dijudicate :: Dijudicate (v. i.) To make a judicial decision; to decide; to determine.
Decidable :: Decidable (a.) Capable of being decided; determinable.
Bastardize :: Bastardize (v. t.) To make or prove to be a bastard; to stigmatize as a bastard; to declare or decide legally to be illegitimate.
Decisory :: Decisory (a.) Able to decide or determine; having a tendency to decide.
Empower :: Empower (v. t.) To give authority to; to delegate power to; to commission; to authorize (having commonly a legal force); as, the Supreme Court is empowered to try and decide cases, civil or criminal; the attorney is empowered to sign an acquittance, and discharge the debtor..
Paroxysm :: Paroxysm (n.) The fit, attack, or exacerbation, of a disease that occurs at intervals, or has decided remissions or intermissions..
Slight :: Slight (superl.) Not decidedly marked; not forcible; inconsiderable; unimportant; insignificant; not severe; weak; gentle; -- applied in a great variety of circumstances; as, a slight (i. e., feeble) effort; a slight (i. e., perishable) structure; a slight (i. e., not deep) impression; a slight (i. e., not convincing) argument; a slight (i. e., not thorough) examination; slight (i. e., not severe) pain, and the like..
Will :: Will (v.) The power of choosing; the faculty or endowment of the soul by which it is capable of choosing; the faculty or power of the mind by which we decide to do or not to do; the power or faculty of preferring or selecting one of two or more objects.
Determine :: Determine (v. t.) To bring to a conclusion, as a question or controversy; to settle authoritative or judicial sentence; to decide; as, the court has determined the cause..
Peremptory :: Peremptory (a.) Positive in opinion or judgment; decided; dictatorial; dogmatical.
Depend :: Depend (v. i.) To hang in suspense; to be pending; to be undetermined or undecided; as, a cause depending in court..
Negative :: Negative (n.) That side of a question which denies or refuses, or which is taken by an opposing or denying party; the relation or position of denial or opposition; as, the question was decided in the negative..
Subjugated :: Sub judice () Before the judge, or court; not yet decided; under judicial consideration..
Preponderate :: Preponderate (v. t.) To cause to prefer; to incline; to decide.
Acrisy :: Acrisy (n.) Undecided character of a disease.
Skepticism :: Skepticism (n.) An undecided, inquiring state of mind; doubt; uncertainty..
Assessor :: Assessor (v.) One appointed or elected to assist a judge or magistrate with his special knowledge of the subject to be decided; as legal assessors, nautical assessors..
Umpirage :: Umpirage (n.) The office of an umpire; the power, right, or authority of an umpire to decide..
Umpire :: Umpire (n.) A third person, who is to decide a controversy or question submitted to arbitrators in case of their disagreement..
Cast :: Cast (v. t.) To defeat in a lawsuit; to decide against; to convict; as, to be cast in damages..
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