premed it a tet (premed it at)

[L. præmed i tatus, pp.: see the verb.] 1. Contrived by previous thought; premeditated. Whatsoever a man shall have occasion to speak of, if he IMG:content-0869.png:[blocks in formation] Surely Canterbury, as the metropolitical city, and the seat of the primate of all England, ought to contain the premier parish church. N. and Q., 7th ser., II. 168. 2. First in time; earliest in appearance or occurrence; specifically, in the English peerage, the order of date of creation. and handled "in thesi." Bacon , Advancement of Learning, ii. 219. 2. Using premeditation; disposed to premed i tate. A premeditate and resolute mind lightly shaketh off the heaviest cro es of malice. G. Harvey, Four Letters. premeditatedly (pre-med'i-ta-ted-li), adv . Premeditately; deliberately. Least of all could she dare premeditatedly a vague future in which the only certain condition was indignity. George Eliot , Daniel Deronda, xliv. premeditated ne (pre-med'i-tā-ted-nes), n. The state or character of being premeditated, or planned beforehand. premeditately (pre-med'i-tat-li), adv. With premeditation; after previous deliberation; intentionally. He that premeditately cozens one does not cozen all, but only because he cannot. Feltham, Resolves, ii. 62. Accordingly, in all the number of laws pa ed with regard to the plantations, the words which distinguish revenue laws specifically as such were, I think, premeditately avoided. Burke , American Taxation. premeditation (pre-med-i-tā'shon), n . [ premeditation , F. préméditation = Sp. premed i tacion = Pg. premed it ação = It. premed it azione , præmeditatio ( n- ), a considering beforehand, præmeditari , pp. præmed it at us , consider beforehand: see premeditate .] 1. The act of premeditating; previous deliberation; forethought; pre cogitation. Ye haue no we hard what premeditations be expedient before that a man take on him the gouernance of a publyke weale. Sir T. Elyot , The Govern our, ii. 1. He [Pitt] spoke without premeditation ; but his speech followed the course of his own thoughts, and not the course of the previous discu ion. Macaulay , William Pitt. 2. Previous contrivance or design formed: as, the premeditation of a crime. In law, premed it a tion is by some authorities understood to mean previous deliberation, by others only previous intent, however sudden, and however quickly put into execution. premeditative (pre-med'i-tā-tiv), a. [ Every first thing accordingly shows some premeditative token of every last. Bushnell , Nature and the Super nat., p. 202. premenstrual (pre-men's trö-al), a. [L. præ , before, + menstrua , menstrua, + -al .] Preceding menstruation. pre meridian (pre-me-rid'i-an), a. [L. præ, before, + meridies, midday: see meridian.] Immediately before midday; specifically [ cap.], in geol., according to Profe or H. D. Rogers's nomenclature of the Paleozoic rocks, noting that part of the series which lies between the Meridian and the Scalent. It corresponds to part of the Lower Helderberg of the New York Survey. premeritt (pre-mer'it), v. t. [ They did not forgive Sir John Hotham, who had so much pre merited of them. Eikon Basilike , premial (prē'mi-al), a. [ as a reward, mium.] Same as premiant. premiant (prē'mi-ant), a. .a Henry Beauchamp, son of Richard and Isabel, was at the age of nineteen created premier Earl of England, and three days after he was made Duke of Warwick, sensele jumble [ i . e ., these creations and adjustments of precedence which followed), soon liquidated by a more egregious act of folly, the king Henry VII with his own hand creating the young Duke of Warwick King of the Isle of Wight. Walpole, Anecdotes of Painting, I. ii. The first opera of which we have any record is a translation of "Arsinoë," an Italian opera written by Stanzani of Bologna, for the theatre of that town, in 1677, and here is the premier advertisement of opera in England. J. Ashton , Social Life in Reign of Queen Anne, II. 28. II. n. The first minister of state; the prime or premier minister. Stand forth and tell yon Premier youth [Pitt] The honest, open, naked truth. Burns , Prayer to the Scotch Representatives. A shout rose again, a shout More joyful than the city roar that hails Premier or king! Tennyson , Prince , Conclusion.