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a·ward       (ə-wôrd')  Pronunciation Key 
tr.v.   a·ward·ed, a·ward·ing, a·wards
  1. To grant as merited or due: awarded prizes to the winners.
  2. To give as legally due: awarded damages to the plaintiff.

n.  
  1. Something awarded or granted, as for merit.
  2. A decision, such as one made by a judge or arbitrator.


[Middle English awarden, from Anglo-Norman awarder, to decide (a legal case), variant of Old North French eswarder : es-, out (from Latin ex; see ex-) + warder, to judge, guard; see wer-3 in Indo-European roots.]

a·ward'a·ble adj., a·ward'er n.
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