arbitrate

From Latin arbitratus, past participle of arbitrari (“to be a witness, act as umpire”), from arbiter (“umpire”); see arbiter.

arbitrate (third-person singular simple present arbitrates, present participle arbitrating, simple past and past participle arbitrated)

1. To make a judgment (on a dispute) as an arbitrator or arbiter

   to arbitrate a disputed case

   • Shakespeare

     There shall your swords and lances arbitrate / The swelling difference of your settled hate.

2. To submit (a dispute) to such judgment
3. (mathematics, rare) To assign an arbitrary value to, or otherwise determine arbitrarily.

   We wish to show f is continuous. Arbitrate epsilon greater than zero...

• arbitrate in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• arbitrate in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

arbitrate

1. second-person plural present indicative of arbitrare
2. second-person plural imperative of arbitrare
3. feminine plural of arbitrato

• bratterai, ribatterà

arbitrāte

1. vocative masculine singular of arbitrātus