(a) To decide (a legal question), render judgment in (a lawsuit); bring in a verdict, pronounce judgment; decree (sth.); (b) to determine upon and issue (a writ or the like); (c) to sentence (sb.); ~ over, pass sentence upon (sb.); (d) ~ to, to give (sth.) into the jurisdiction of (sb.), deliver over to; (e) = rewarden, to pay back.