awarding

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awarding - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  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.
     [1913 Webster]
  
           To review
           The wrongful sentence, and award a new.  --Dryden.
     [1913 Webster]

awarding - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  awarding
      n 1: a grant made by a law court; "he criticized the awarding of
           compensation by the court" [syn: award, awarding]