单词 | premiate |
释义 | premiatev. transitive. To reward; to award a prize to or for.In later use chiefly with reference to architectural awards: cf. premiated adj. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > prosperity > success > token of victory or supreme excellence > award token of victory or supreme excellence [verb (transitive)] > award prize to premiate1537 1537 Cdl. Pole Let. to Cromwell 2 May (Cott. MSS. Cleopatra E. vi. f. 365v) Iff ony man had bene premyate to do hym servyce, none could haue done more. a1651 D. Calderwood Hist. Kirk Scotl. (Wodrow Soc.) III. 254 So she premiated and rewarded him. 1889 Times 5 Nov. 11/3 A proposal had been made..that the Institute [of British Architects] should premiate a design which did not fulfil the prescribed conditions. 1937 Jrnl. Educ. Sociol. 10 474 Generosity is premiated. Prestige is gotten from approval of elders. Sharing with others and good nature are prime virtues. 1977 J. Esherick in S. Kostof Architect 263 (in figure) Although projects might be submitted reflecting the influence of an open, fluid planning scheme..such designs were not premiated. 2000 Irish Times (Nexis) 25 Feb. 15 He published all the plans of the premiated and commended designs [for a church]. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < v.1537 |
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