Part 823

<hw>A*wak"en*ment</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>An awakening.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<h1>Awanting</h1> <Xpage=106>

<hw>A*want"ing</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Pref. <ets>a-</ets> + <ets>wanting</ets>.]</ety> <def>Missing; wanting.</def> <mark>[Prov. Scot. & Eng.]</mark>

<i>Sir W. Hamilton.</i>

<h1>Award</h1> <Xpage=106>

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

<blockquote>To review The wrongful sentence, and <b>award</b> a new. <i>Dryden.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Award</h1> <Xpage=106>

<hw>A*ward"</hw>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <def>To determine; to make an ~.</def>

<h1>Award</h1> <Xpage=106>

<hw>A*ward"</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Cf. OF. <ets>award</ets>, <ets>awart</ets>, <ets>esgart</ets>. See <er>Award</er>, <tt>v. t.</tt>]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>A judgment, sentence, or final decision. Specifically: The decision of arbitrators in a case submitted.</def>"Impatient for the <i>award</i>."

<i>Cowper.</i>

<blockquote>An <b>award</b> had been given against. <i>Gilpin.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>The paper containing the decision of arbitrators; that which is warded.</def>

<i>Bouvier.</i>

<h1>Awarder</h1> <Xpage=106>

<hw>A*ward"er</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>One who awards, or assigns by sentence or judicial determination; a judge.</def>

<h1>Aware</h1> <Xpage=106>

<hw>A*ware"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[OE. <ets>iwar</ets>, AS. <ets>gew\'91r</ets>, fr. <ets>w\'91r</ets> wary. The pref. <ets>ge-</ets> orig. meant <ets>together</ets>, <ets>completely</ets>. <?/. See <er>Wary</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Watchful; vigilant or on one's guard against danger or difficulty.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Apprised; informed; cognizant; conscious; <as>as, he was <ex>aware</ex> of the enemy's designs</as>.</def>

<blockquote><b>Aware</b> of nothing arduous in a task They never undertook. <i>Cowper.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Awarn</h1> <Xpage=106>

<hw>A*warn"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <ety>[Pref. <ets>a-</ets> + <ets>warn</ets>, AS. <ets>gewarnian</ets>. See <er>Warn</er>, <tt>v. t.</tt>]</ety> <def>To warn.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Spenser.</i>

<h1>Awash</h1> <Xpage=106>

<hw>A*wash"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Pref. <ets>a-</ets> + <ets>wash</ets>.]</ety> <def>Washed by the waves or tide; -- said of a rock or strip of shore, or <fld>(Naut.)</fld> of an anchor, etc., when flush with the surface of the water, so that the waves break over it.</def>

<h1>Away</h1> <Xpage=106>

<hw>A*way"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>adv.</tt> <ety>[AS. <ets>aweg</ets>, <ets>anweg</ets>, <ets>onweg</ets>; <ets>on</ets> on + <ets>weg</ets> way.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>From a place; hence.</def>