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Awarding

Award \A*ward"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Awarded; p. pr. & vb. n. Awarding.] [OF. eswarder to look at, consider, decide, judge; es (L. ex) + warder, garder, to observe, take heed, keep, fr. OHG. wart[=e]n to watch, guard. See Ward.] To give by sentence or judicial determination; to assign or apportion, after careful regard to the nature of the case; to adjudge; as, the arbitrators awarded damages to the complainant.

To review The wrongful sentence, and award a new.
--Dryden.

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awarding

vb. (present participle of award English)

WordNet
awarding

n. a grant made by a law court; "he criticized the awarding of compensation by the court" [syn: award]

Usage examples of "awarding".

All I had left of Esteban was a salvage ticket awarding me 900 pennyweight in unspecified isotopes.

I want to give you a heads up that the Bureau will be awarding you the Shield of Bravery for the job you did in Nevada.

In later years, actual experience led me to rewrite, awarding more Americanism, more light - and inevitably more darkness.

And now, in this very afternoon, my glories had been climaxed in the chamber of the Council of Captains, in which had taken place the formal presentations and accountings of the victory and its pluder, in which had taken place the commendation of the Council for mh deeds and the awardings of its most coveted accolade, that of worthy captain of Port Kar.

And now, in this very afternoon, my glories had been climaxed in the chamber of the Council of Captains, in which had taken place the formal presentations and accountings of the victory and its plunder, in which had taken place the commendation of the Council for my deeds and the awardings of its most coveted accolade, that of worthy captain of Port Kar.