- Act as referee - Mediate - Pass judgement - Settle (dispute) - Settle a dispute - Umpire tampered with barbiturates, removing sub - To hear and decide, as arbitrators; as, to choose to
arbitrate a disputed case.
- Censure - Judge - Pass judgement on - To examine and judge as a critic; to pass literary or
artistic judgment upon; as, to criticise an author; to criticise a
picture. - To express one's views as to the merit or demerit of;
esp., to animadvert upon; to find fault with; as, to criticise conduct. - To act as a critic; to pass literary or artistic
judgment; to play the critic; -- formerly used with on or upon. - To discuss the merits or demerits of a thing or
person; esp., to find fault.