Antonyms for arbitrate


Grammar : Verb
Spell : ahr-bi-treyt
Phonetic Transcription : ˈɑr bɪˌtreɪt


Definition of arbitrate

Origin :
  • 1580s (arbitrable is recorded from 1530s), "to give an authoritative decision," from Latin arbitratus, past participle of arbitrari "be of an opinion, give a decision," from arbiter (see arbiter). Meaning "to act as an arbitrator" is from 1610s. Related: Arbitrated; arbitrating. The earlier verb form was arbitren (early 15c.).
  • verb achieve settlement
Example sentences :
  • I conclude you do not wish this amiable company to arbitrate between us.
  • Extract from : « Roland Cashel » by Charles James Lever
  • I have noticed that it is generally the one who is in the wrong who refuses to arbitrate.
  • Extract from : « Up the Forked River » by Edward Sylvester Ellis
  • "Let the peace of God rule (or arbitrate) in your hearts" (Col. 3: 15).
  • Extract from : « The Calvary Road » by Roy Hession
  • Elizabeth at once offered to arbitrate between Mary and her subjects.
  • Extract from : « History of the English People » by John Richard Green
  • He would carry the game into the enemy's camp and then, if necessary, arbitrate.
  • Extract from : « The Fifth Ace » by Douglas Grant
  • I was not consulted, and my father declined to arbitrate between them.
  • Extract from : « A Romantic Young Lady » by Robert Grant
  • These Quakers, disagreeing, had asked Penn to arbitrate between them.
  • Extract from : « William Penn » by George Hodges
  • A mixed commission to arbitrate between France and Chili, 1882.
  • Extract from : « A Century of Science and Other Essays » by John Fiske
  • This is my section, Grant drawled with no show of inclination to arbitrate the matter.
  • Extract from : « Dust of the Desert » by Robert Welles Ritchie
  • He assumed the right to arbitrate between Ptolemy and Cleopatra.
  • Extract from : « Female Warriors, Vol. I (of 2) » by Ellen C. Clayton

Synonyms for arbitrate

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