Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (2nd 100 Pages). Noah Webster

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       Sir W. Hamilton.

       AÏward¶ (?), 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?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.

       AÏward¶, v. i. To determine; to make an ~.

       AÏward¶, n. [Cf. OF. award, awart, esgart. See Award, v. t.] 1. A judgment, sentence, or final decision. Specifically: The decision of arbitrators in a case submitted.½Impatient for the award.¸

       Cowper.

       An award had been given against.

       Gilpin.

       2. The paper containing the decision of arbitrators; that which is warded.

       Bouvier.

       AÏward¶er (?), n. One who awards, or assigns by sentence or judicial determination; a judge.

       AÏware¶ (?), a. [OE. iwar, AS. gew‘r, fr. w‘r wary. The pref. geÏ orig. meant together, completely. ?. See Wary.] 1. Watchful; vigilant or on one's guard against danger or difficulty.

       2. Apprised; informed; cognizant; conscious; as, he was aware of the enemy's designs.

       Aware of nothing arduous in a task

       They never undertook.

       Cowper.

       AÏwarn¶ (?), v. t. [Pref. aÏ + warn, AS. gewarnian. See Warn, v. t.] To warn. [Obs.]

       Spenser.

       AÏwash¶ (?), a. [Pref. aÏ + wash.] Washed by the waves or tide; Ð said of a rock or strip of shore, or (Naut.) of an anchor, etc., when flush with the surface of the water, so that the waves break over it.

       AÏway¶ (?), adv. [AS. aweg, anweg, onweg; on on + weg way.] 1. From a place; hence.

       The sound is going away.

       Shak.

       Have me away, for I am sore wounded.

       2 Chron. xxxv. 23.

       2. Absent; gone; at a distance; as, the master is away from home.

       3. Aside; off; in another direction.

       The axis of rotation is inclined away from the sun.

       Lockyer.

       4. From a state or condition of being; out of existence.

       Be near me when I fade away.

       Tennyson.

       5. By ellipsis of the verb, equivalent to an imperative: Go or come ~; begone; take ~.

       And the Lord said … Away, get thee down.

       Exod. xix. 24.

       6. On; in continuance; without intermission or delay; as, sing away. [Colloq.]

       µ It is much used in phrases signifying moving or going from; as, go away, run away, etc.; all signifying departure, or separation to a distance. Sometimes without the verb; as, whither away so fast ? ½Love hath wings, and will away.¸ Waller. It serves to modify the sense of certain verbs by adding that of removal, loss, parting with, etc.; as, to throw away; to trifle away; to squander away, etc. Sometimes it has merely an intensive force; as, to blaze away.

       Away with, bear, abide. [Obs. or Archaic] ½The calling of assemblies, I can not away with.¸ (Isa. i. 13), i.e.,½I can not bear or endure [it].¸ Ð Away with one, signifies, take him away. ½Away with, crucify him.¸ John xix. 15. Ð To make away with. (a) To kill or destroy. (b) To carry off.

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      AÏway¶Ðgo¶ing (?), a. (Law) Sown during the last years of a tenancy, but not ripe until after its expiration; Ð said of crops.

       Wharton.

       AÏway¶ward (?), adv. Turned away; away. [Obs.]

       Chaucer.

       Awe (?), n. [OE. a?e, aghe, fr. Icel. agi; akin to AS. ege, ?ga, Goth. agis, Dan. ave chastisement, fear, Gr. ? pain, distress, from the same root as E. ail. ?3. Cf. Ugly.] 1. Dread; great fear mingled with respect. [Obs. or Obsolescent]

       His frown was full of terror, and his voice

       Shook the delinquent with such fits of awe.

       Cowper.

       2. The emotion inspired by something dreadful and sublime; an undefined sense of the dreadful and the sublime; reverential fear, or solemn wonder; profound reverence.

       There is an awe in mortals' joy,

       A deep mysterious fear.

       Keble.

       To tame the pride of that power which held the Continent in awe.

       Macaulay.

       The solitude of the desert, or the loftiness of the mountain, may fill the mind with awe Ð the sense of our own littleness in some greater presence or power.

       C. J. Smith.

       To stand in awe of, to fear greatly; to reverence profoundly.

       Syn. Ð See Reverence.

       Awe (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Awed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Awing.] To strike with fear and reverence; to inspire with awe; to control by inspiring dread.

       That same eye whose bend doth awe the world.

       Shak.

       His solemn and pathetic exhortation awed and melted the bystanders.

       Macaulay.

       AÏwea¶ried (?), p. p. Wearied. [Poetic]

       AÏwea¶ry (?), a. [Pref. aÏ + weary.] Weary. [Poetic] ½I begin to be aweary of thee.¸

       Shak.

       AÏweath¶er (?), adv. [Pref. aÏ + weather.] (Naut.) On the weather side, or toward the wind; in the direction from which the wind blows; Ð opposed to alee; as, helm aweather !

       Totten.

       AÏweigh¶ (?), adv. [Pref. aÏ + weigh.] (Naut.) Just drawn out of the ground, and hanging perpendicularly; atrip; Ð said of the anchor.

       Totten.

       Awe¶less (?), a. See Awless.

       Awe¶some (?), a. 1. Causing awe; appalling; awful; as, an awesome sight.

       Wright.

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