Arbitrate

• POS: Verb (usu participle)
• HYPHEN: ar=bi=trate

CIDE DICTIONARY

Arbitrate, v. t. [L. arbitratus, p. p. of arbitrari to be a hearer or beholder of something, to make a decision, to give judgment, fr. arbiter. See Arbiter.].

•  To hear and decide, as arbitrators; as, to choose to arbitrate a disputed case.  [1913 Webster]
•  To decide, or determine generally.  South.  [1913 Webster]

  "There shall your swords and lances arbitrate
  The swelling difference of your settled hate."  [1913 Webster]

Arbitrate, v. i. 

•  To decide; to determine.  Shak.  [1913 Webster]
•  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.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

Arbitrate, v.tr. & intr. decide by arbitration.

Etymology

L arbitrari judge

THESAURUS

Arbitrate

act between, adjudge, adjudicate, appease, bargain, go between, hear, hold court, hold the scales, intercede, intermediate, interpose, intervene, judge, make terms, mediate, meet halfway, moderate, negotiate, officiate, placate, referee, represent, sit in judgment, soothe, step in, treat with, try, umpire

ROGET THESAURUS

Arbitrate

Mediation

VB mediate, mediatize, intercede, interpose, interfere, intervene, step in, negotiate, meet halfway, arbitrate, magnas componere lites, bargain.

Judgment

VB judge, conclude, come to a conclusion, draw a conclusion, arrive at a conclusion, ascertain, determine, make up one's mind, deduce, derive, gather, collect, draw an inference, make a deduction, weet, ween, form an estimate, estimate, appreciate, value, count, assess, rate, rank, account, regard, consider, think of, look upon, review, size up, settle, pass an opinion, give an opinion, decide, try, pronounce, rule, pass judgment, pass sentence, sentence, doom, find, give judgment, deliver judgment, adjudge, adjudicate, arbitrate, award, report, bring in a verdict, make absolute, set a question at rest, confirm, comment, criticize, kibitz, pass under review, investigate, hold the scales, sit in judgment, try judgment, hear a cause.