† ˈguerdonize, v. Obs.
[f. guerdon n. + -ize.]
trans. To bestow a guerdon upon, to reward.
| 1594 J. Dickenson Arisbas (1878) 77 On sea-washt rockes, reward from arte would plucke, And guerdonize desert with direst lucke. 1606 J. Raynolds Dolarney's Prim. (1880) 57 What trophe rare, what wreath or Coronet, Can guerdonize, your meriting desert. 16.. M. Parker Hist. Arthur C, He [Arthur] bethought him how he might in some manner guerdonize their incomparable worth with some honourable Order of Knights. |