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The definition of arbitrate is to submit a dispute to be settled to someone other than a judge, or to do the act of settling a dispute between two parties.

(verb)

An example of arbitrate is to hear issues and help a couple decide on a divorce settlement.
The couple's act of having that dispute settled is an example of arbitrate.

See arbitrate in Webster's New World College Dictionary

transitive verb arbitrated, arbitrating

to give to an arbitrator to decide; settle by arbitration
to decide (a dispute) as an arbitrator

Origin: < L arbitratus, pp. of arbitrari, to give a decision < arbiter, arbiter

intransitive verb

to act as an arbitrator (in a dispute, between persons)
to submit a dispute to arbitration

Related Forms:

arbitrative adjective

See arbitrate in American Heritage Dictionary 4

verb ar·bi·trat·ed, ar·bi·trat·ing, ar·bi·trates

verb, transitive

To judge or decide in or as in the manner of an arbitrator: arbitrate a dispute between neighbors.
To submit to settlement or judgment by arbitration: Management and labor agreed to arbitrate their remaining differences.

verb, intransitive