measure, measure out, mensurate - determine the measurements of something or somebody, take measurements of; "Measure the length of the wall"

choose, pick out, select, take - pick out, select, or choose from a number of alternatives; "Take any one of these cards"; "Choose a good husband for your daughter"; "She selected a pair of shoes from among the dozen the salesgirl had shown her"

will - determine by choice; "This action was willed and intended"

seal - decide irrevocably; "sealing dooms"

purpose, resolve - reach a decision; "he resolved never to drink again"

decree, rule - decide with authority; "The King decreed that all first-born males should be killed"

orientate, orient - determine one's position with reference to another point

adjudicate, try, judge - put on trial or hear a case and sit as the judge at the trial of; "The football star was tried for the murder of his wife"; "The judge tried both father and son in separate trials"

govern, regularise, regularize, regulate, order - bring into conformity with rules or principles or usage; impose regulations; "We cannot regulate the way people dress"; "This town likes to regulate"