| \PREE-mee-eyt\ | verb
1. to grant a prize or an award to.
| | Quotes | I assumed then that they mayor might want suggestions about who should be on the commission to "premiate" the buildings....[The commission] produced a list of thirty-nine buildings to be designated landmarks.
-- Leon M. Despres with Kenan Heise, Challenging the Daley Machine: A Chicago Alderman's Memoir, 2005 | | Origin | | Premiate stems from the Latin term praemiāre meaning "to reward." It entered English in the mid-1500s. | |
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