different between arbitrate vs disceptator

English

Etymology

From Latin arbitratus, past participle of arbitrari (“to be a witness, act as umpire”), from arbiter (“umpire”); see arbiter.

Verb

arbitrate (third-person singular simple present arbitrates, present participle arbitrating, simple past and past participle arbitrated)

1. To make a judgment (on a dispute) as an arbitrator or arbiter

   to arbitrate a disputed case
2. To submit (a dispute) to such judgment
3. (mathematics, rare) To assign an arbitrary value to, or otherwise determine arbitrarily.

   We wish to show f is continuous. Arbitrate epsilon greater than zero...

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Further reading

• arbitrate in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• arbitrate in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

Italian

Verb

arbitrate

1. second-person plural present indicative of arbitrare
2. second-person plural imperative of arbitrare
3. feminine plural of arbitrato

Anagrams

• bratterai, ribatterà

Latin

Participle

arbitr?te

1. vocative masculine singular of arbitr?tus

English

Etymology

Latin

Noun

disceptator (plural disceptators)

1. (obsolete) One who arbitrates or decides; a judge.

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Latin

Noun

discept?tor m (genitive discept?t?ris); third declension

1. arbitrator, umpire, judge

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Verb

discept?tor

1. second-person singular future passive imperative of discept?
2. third-person singular future passive imperative of discept?

References

• disceptator in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• disceptator in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• disceptator in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette