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 ar·bi·trate /ˈɑrbəˌtret/
 (vt.)仲裁,公斷(vi.)仲裁

 Ar·bi·trate v. i.
 1. To decide; to determine.
 2. To act as arbitrator or judge; as, to arbitrate upon several reports; to arbitrate in disputes among neighbors; to arbitrate between parties to a suit.
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 Ar·bi·trate v. t. [imp. & p. p. Arbitrated p. pr. & vb. n. Arbitrating ]
 1. To hear and decide, as arbitrators; as, to choose to arbitrate a disputed case.
 2. To decide, or determine generally.
 There shall your swords and lances arbitrate
 The swelling difference of your settled hate.   --Shak.

 arbitrate
      v : act between parties with a view to reconciling differences;
          "He interceded in the family dispute"; "He mediated a
          settlement" [syn: intercede, mediate, intermediate,
           liaise]