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

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  1. v. t. To hear and decide, as arbitrators; as, to choose to arbitrate a disputed case.
  2. v. t. To decide, or determine generally.
  3. v. i. To decide; to determine.
  4. v. i. 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.
  5. v. act between parties with a view to reconciling differences
  6. 1. To hear and decide, as arbitrators; as, to choose to arbitrate a disputed case. 2. To decide, or determine generally. South. There shall your swords and lances arbitrate The swelling difference of your settled hate. Shak. 1. To decide; to determine. Shak. 2. 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.
  7. v:100 v act between parties with a view to reconciling differences