Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Same as
premiant .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective rare Serving to reward; rewarding.
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Examples
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These marks are of two kinds: the most valuable, called premial [36] marks, will purchase a holiday; the others are received in liquidation of forfeits.
The Uncollected Writings of Thomas de Quincey—Vol. 1 With a Preface and Annotations by James Hogg Thomas De Quincey 1822
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These are of two classes, _penal_ (so called from being received as forfeits) and premial, which are obtained by a higher degree of merit, and have higher powers attached to them.
The Uncollected Writings of Thomas de Quincey—Vol. 1 With a Preface and Annotations by James Hogg Thomas De Quincey 1822
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We have no room to extract them: one remark only we must make -- that we do not see how it is possible to ascribe any peculiar and incommunicable privileges to the premial as opposed to the penal counters, when it appears that they may be exchanged for each other 'at an established rate.'] *****
The Uncollected Writings of Thomas de Quincey—Vol. 1 With a Preface and Annotations by James Hogg Thomas De Quincey 1822
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