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premiates

premiates is the third-person singular simple present indicative of premiate.

Meaning of premiate

Verb

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

  1. (transitive) To 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

Questions about premiates

What is premiates the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Premiates is the third-person singular simple present indicative of premiate.

Words near premiates in the dictionary

  1. premia
  2. premial
  3. premiant
  4. premiate
  5. premiated
  6. premiates
  7. premiating
  8. premiation
  9. premice
  10. premicellar
  11. premicturition

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