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† senˈtentiate, v. Obs. rare.
[f. med.L. sententiāt-, ppl. stem of sententiāre, f. L. sententia: see sentence n. and -ate3.]
trans. To pronounce a judicial decision on, to adjudge or decide (a cause).
1593Bilson Govt. Christ's Ch. 313 The fourth Councill of Carthage prohibiteth the bishop to heare and sententiate any mans cause without the presence of his Clergie. a1693Urquhart's Rabelais iii. xxxvii. 314 They very much doubted..if by any one part, or all of them together, it had been so judicially sententiated and awarded [si plus iuridiquement eust esté par eux sententié]. |