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arbitrate

verb
/ˈɑːbɪtɹeɪt/

Etymology

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

  1. derived from arbitratus

Definitions

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

    • to arbitrate a disputed case
    • There shall your swords and lances arbitrate / The swelling difference of your settled hate.

  2. To submit (a dispute) to such judgment

  3. To assign an arbitrary value to, or otherwise determine arbitrarily.

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

The neighborhood

Derived

rearbitrate

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at arbitrate. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at arbitrate. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

8 hops · closes at arbitrate

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA