Definition of "arbitrating" []

• Present participle of arbitrate. (verb)

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• "Pure critique — interrogates the aims and implementation on an abstract basis, with little interest in arbitrating upon quality, often as part of a wider theory — c.f. Todorov’s The Fantastic or Mendlesohn’s Rhetorics of Fantasy."
• "But her pride of superiority and love of sway were flattered by the idea of arbitrating in so great a cause; her secret malignity enjoyed the humiliation of her enemy; and her characteristic caution represented to her in formidable colors the danger of restoring to liberty one whom she had already offended beyond forgiveness."
• "What was the judging criteria for arbitrating this kind of contest?"