premiate

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verb

To give a prize to.

OriginLatin praemium →
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Meanings

verbpremiate (third-person singular simple present premiates, present participle premiating, simple past and past participle premiated)

present singular third person premiates · participle present premiating · participle past premiated · past premiated

  1. transitiveTo give a prize to.

    Inevitably, a jury numbed by a succession of slides premiates some designs because they are "interesting" or "different."

    1990, Landscape Architecture, volume 80, page 170

Origin

  1. Latinpraemium“prize”
  2. Englishpremiate

From premium or Latin praemium (“prize”).

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

imperate
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APA

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MLA

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Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “premiate,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/premiate.

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