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v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Premonished p. pr. & vb. n. Premonishing. ] [ Pref. pre- + monish: cf. L. praemonere. ] To forewarn; to admonish beforehand. [ R. ] Herrick. [ 1913 Webster ]

To teach, and to premonish. Bk. of Com. Prayer. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Previous warning or admonition; forewarning. Sir H. Wotton. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. praemonitio. See Premonish. ] Previous warning, notice, or information; forewarning; as, a premonition of danger. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. praemonitor. ] One who, or that which, gives premonition. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. praemonitorius. ] Giving previous warning or notice; as, premonitory symptoms of disease. -- Pre*mon"i*to*ri*ly adv. [1913 Webster]

n. A Premonstratensian. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ L. praemonstratus, p. p. of praemonstrare; prae before + monstrate to show. ] To show beforehand; to foreshow. [ R. ] Herbert. [ 1913 Webster ]

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, in France, in 1119. The members of the order are called also White Canons, Norbertines, and Premonstrants. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. praemonstratio. ] A showing beforehand; foreshowing. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. praemonstrator. ] One who, or that which, premonstrates. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. praemorsus, p. p. of praemordere to bite off; prae before + mordere to bite. ] Terminated abruptly, or as it bitten off. [ 1913 Webster ]

Premorse root or
Premorse leaves (Bot.), such as have an abrupt, ragged, and irregular termination, as if bitten off short. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Relating to the time before Moses; as, premosaic history. [ 1913 Webster ]