1. [v]  bring to an end; settle conclusively, as of a conflict; "The case was decided"; "The judge decided the case in favor of the plaintiff"; "The father adjudicated when the sons were quarreling over their inheritance"
2. [v]  put on trial or hear a case and sit as the judge at the trial of; "The football star was tried for the murder of his wife"; "The judge tried both father and son in separate trials"

ADJUDICATE is a 10 letter word that starts with A.

1. \Ad*ju"di*cate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Adjudicated};
   p. pr. & vb. n. {Adjudicating}] [L. adjudicatus, p. p. of
   adjudicare. See {Adjudge}.]
   To adjudge; to try and determine, as a court; to settle by
   judicial decree.
   

2. \Ad*ju"di*cate\, v. i.
   To come to a judicial decision; as, the court adjudicated
   upon the case.