To adjudge to be due; assign or bestow as of right; give by judicial determination or deliberate judgment, especially upon arbitration or umpirage: as, to award the prizes at a school examination; the arbitrators awarded him heavy damages.To sentence; adjudge or determine the doom of.In a general sense, to permit the possession of; allow; allot; yield.n. A decision after examination and deliberation; a judicial sentence; especially, the decision of arbitrators on points submitted to them, or the document containing such a decision.n. That which is awarded or assigned by such a decision, as a medal for merit, or a sum of money as damages, etc.To guard.To ward off.