arbitrate Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. verb act between parties with a view to reconciling differences
    mediate; intermediate; liaise; intercede.
    • He interceded in the family dispute
    • He mediated a settlement

WordNet

Ar"bi*trate transitive verb
Etymology
L. arbitratus, p. p. of arbitrari to be a hearer or beholder of something, to make a decision, to give judgment, fr. arbiter. See Arbiter.
Wordforms
imperfect & past participle Arbitrated present participle & verbal noun Arbitrating
Definitions
  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.
Ar"bi*trate intransitive verb
Definitions
  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.

Webster 1913