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rewardable, a.|rɪˈwɔːdəb(ə)l|
[f. reward v. + -able.]
Capable of being rewarded; worthy or deserving of reward.
1534More Comf. agst. Trib. i. Wks. 1153/2 We graunt..that no good woorke of man is rewardable in heauen of his own nature. 1594Hooker Eccl. Pol. i. ix. §1 Whether they bee in their own nature rewardable or punishable. 1621Bp. R. Montagu Diatribæ 71 Neither is Vertue rewardable, nor Vice punishable, except it be done..with intent of the will. 1680Baxter Cath. Commun. (1684) 7 He is rewardable as he suffereth for fearing to disobey God. 1709Stanhope Paraphr. IV. 108 The Actions were Voluntary and Rewardable in St. Paul. 1760Wesley Jrnl. 20 Dec., Till you know the difference between meritorious and rewardable. 1829I. Taylor Enthus. vii. (1867) 144 Christian philanthropy..is vicarious; obligatory; rewardable. 1868Bain Ment. & Mor. Sci. (1875) 615 Virtue is in itself rewardable; vice is of essential demerit. |
