decide

verb5

1. •
   to make a choice that settles a question or an argument

   • The election will be decided on foreign policies.
   • It was decided to meet here at midnight.
2. •
   To make a judgment, especially after deliberation.

   • You must decide between good and evil.
   • I have decided that it is healthier to walk to work.
3. •
   To cause someone to come to a decision.

   • Your admonition decided me against my intended course of action.
4. •
   Of a Turing machine: to return a correct answer (for some yes-or-no problem) on every possible input.

   • No Turing Machine can decide the halting problem.
5. •
   (no longer used) To cut off; to separate.

   • Our seat denies us traffic here; / The sea, too near, decides us from the rest. — 1642