Webster's Dictionary 1913

7534

Premiss

Prem″iss (?), n. Premise. Whately. I. Watts

7535

Premit

Pre‐mit″ (?), v. t. To premise. Donne.

7536

Premium

Pre″mi‐um (?), n.; pl.Premiums (#). [L. praemium, originally, what one has got before or better than others; prae before + emere to take, buy. See Redeem.] 1. A reward or recomp...

7537

Premolar

Pre‐mo″lar (?), a.(Anat.) Situated in front of the molar teeth. —n. An anterior molar tooth which has replaced a deciduous molar. See Tooth.

7538

Premonish

Pre‐mon″ish (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Premonished (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Premonishing.] [Pref. pre- + monish: cf. L. praemonere.] To forewarn; to admonish beforehand. Herrick.To teac...

7539

Premonishment

Pre‐mon″ish‐ment (?), n. Previous warning or admonition; forewarning. Sir H. Wotton.

7540

Premonition

Pre′mo‐ni″tion (?), n. [L. praemonitio. See Premonish.] Previous warning, notice, or information; forewarning; as, a premonition of danger.

7541

Premonitor

Pre‐mon″i‐tor (?), n. [L. praemonitor.] One who, or that which, gives premonition.

7542

Premonitory

Pre‐mon″i‐to‐ry (?), a. [L. praemonitorius.] Giving previous warning or notice; as, premonitory symptoms of disease. — Pre‐mon″i‐to‐ri‐ly (#), adv.

7543

Premonstrant

Pre‐mon″strant (?), n. A Premonstratensian.

7544

Premonstrate

Pre‐mon″strate (?), v. t. [L. praemonstratus, p. p. of praemonstrare; prae before + monstrate to show.] To show beforehand; to foreshow. Herbert.

7545

Premonstratensian

Pre‐mon′stra‐ten″sian (?), n. [F. prémontré, fr. Prémontré, fr. L. pratum monstratum.] (R. C. Ch.) One of a religious order of regular canons founded by St. Norbert at Prémontré...

7546

Premonstration

Pre′mon‐stra″tion (?), n. [L. praemonstratio.] A showing beforehand; foreshowing.

7547

Premonstrator

Pre‐mon″stra‐tor (?), n. [L. praemonstrator.] One who, or that which, premonstrates.

7548

Premorse

Pre‐morse″ (?), a. [L. praemorsus, p. p. of praemordere to bite off; prae before + mordere to bite.] Terminated abruptly, or as it bitten off.Premorse rootorleaves(Bot.), such a...

7549

Premosaic

Pre′mo‐sa″ic (?), a. Relating to the time before Moses; as, premosaic history.

7550

Premotion

Pre‐mo″tion (?), n. [Pref. pre- + motion.] Previous motion or excitement to action.

7551

Premunire

Prem′u‐ni″re (?), n.(Law) See Præmunire.

7552

Premunite

Prem′u‐nite″ (?), v. t. [L. praemunitus, p. p. of praemunire to fortify in front; prae before + munire to fortify.] To fortify beforehand; to guard against objection. Fotherby.

7553

Premunition

Pre′mu‐ni″tion (?), n. [L. praemunitio: cf. F. prémunition.] The act of fortifying or guarding against objections.

7554

Premunitory

Pre‐mu″ni‐to‐ry (?), a. Of or pertaining to a premunire; as, a premunitory process.

7555

Prenasal

Pre‐na″sal (?), a.(Anat.) Situated in front of the nose, or in front of the nasal chambers.

7556

Prenatal

Pre‐na″tal (?), a. Being or happening before birth.

7557

Prender

Pren″der (?), n. [F. prendre to take, fr. L. prehendere to take.] (Law) The power or right of taking a thing before it is offered. Burrill.

7558

Prenomen

Pre‐no″men (?), n. See Prænomen.

7559

Prenominal

Pre‐nom″i‐nal (?), a. Serving as a prefix in a compound name. Sir T. Browne.

7560

Prenominate

Pre‐nom″i‐nate (?), a. [L. praenominatus, p. p. of praenominare to give the prenomen to, to prenominate, fr. praenomen prenomen.] Forenamed; named beforehand. “Prenominate crime...