All 4 Uses of
eminent
in
The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin
- The two first were clerks to an eminent scrivener or conveyancer in the town, Charles Brogden; the other was clerk to a merchant.†
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- Ralph was inclin'd to pursue the study of poetry, not doubting but he might become eminent in it, and make his fortune by it, alleging that the best poets must, when they first began to write, make as many faults as he did.†
- Osborne went to the West Indies, where he became an eminent lawyer and made money, but died young.†
- It almost insensibly leads the youth into the resolution of endeavoring to become as good and eminent as the journalist.†
Definition:
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(eminent) respected and famous or important
or:
describing something as outstanding, admired, or of high quality