What does "arbitrate" mean?
Arbitrate: To decide, or determine generally. South. There shall your swords and lances arbitrate The swelling difference of your settled hate. Shak.
Additional senses
- 2.To decide; to determine. Shak.
- 3.To act as arbitrator or judge; as, to arbitrate upon several reports;; to arbitrate in disputes among heighbors; to arbitrate between parties to a suit.
Sources
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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