ARBITRATE • FREE-TRANSLATOR.COM • Definition of Arbitrate

Translators

Dictionaries

Courses

Other

Home

Add this Dictionary
to your website!
See more options...

/ˈɑrbətrˌeɪt/ Listen

verb

Arbitrate v. t. (past & past part. arbitrated; pres. part. arbitrating)

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

To decide, or determine generally. "There shall your swords and lances arbitrate The swelling difference of your settled hate."

Arbitrate v. i.

To decide; to determine.

To act as arbitrator or judge; as, to arbitrate upon several reports; to arbitrate in disputes among neighbors; to arbitrate between parties to a suit.

See images of 'Arbitrate'

Etymology of 'Arbitrate'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

Share |

"Arbitrate" Quotes from Famous Books

... other by our passions; and, aiming to grasp every thing, we hold nothing. What one seizes to-day, another takes to-morrow, and our cupidity reacts upon ourselves. Let us establish judges, who shall arbitrate our rights, and settle our differences! When the strong shall rise against the weak, the judge shall restrain him, and dispose of our force to suppress violence; and the life and property of each shall be under the guarantee and protection of all; and all shall enjoy the good ...

— The Ruins • C. F. [Constantin Francois de] Volney

... of an Indian reside under the same roof. As an Indian is despotic in his family, there is seldom any domestic disagreement in his cabin; if there be, the whip is called in to arbitrate the difference, and the dispute is soon adjusted. I shall notice this subject in a note in ...

— Traditions of the North American Indians, Vol. 1 (of 3) • James Athearn Jones

... Perdiccas had talked at Lacedaemon about his bringing many of the places round him into alliance with them; and thus Brasidas thought he might take a larger view of the question of Arrhabaeus. Perdiccas however retorted that he had not brought him with him to arbitrate in their quarrel, but to put down the enemies whom he might point out to him; and that while he, Perdiccas, maintained half his army it was a breach of faith for Brasidas to parley with Arrhabaeus. Nevertheless Brasidas disregarded the wishes of Perdiccas ...

— The History of the Peloponnesian War • Thucydides

... settle it before the Beth-din," said Daniel vehemently, "or get some Jew to arbitrate. You make the Jews a laughing-stock. It is true all marriages depend on money," he added bitterly, "only it is the fashion of police court reporters to pretend the custom is limited ...

— Children of the Ghetto • I. Zangwill

... there was a passion that night riding her; a passion that far surpassed her own. Womanlike, she decided to arbitrate. She would wait until this all-powerful passion burned itself out; then she could afford to safely agitate her own. It would not have grown less in the necessary interim. So, much to Sue's surprise, the filly was as ...

— Garrison's Finish - A Romance of the Race-Course • W. B. M. Ferguson

More quotes...