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† ˈpremiable, a. Obs. rare—1. [ad. L. type *præmiābil-is, f. præmiārī: see premiate and -able.] Deserving of reward. Hence † premiaˈbility, deservingness of reward. Obs. rare—1.
a1450Mankind (Brandl) 854 Your merytes were not premyabyll to þe blys abowe. 1675Baxter Cath. Theol. ii. xii. 271 What word can you find? Premiability and Rewardableness are long and unhandsome, and I remember no other, without using many words. |