prematurity (prematuriti)

[= F. pré maturité = Pg. prematuridade; as premature + -ity.] The state of being premature, or too early in development. It was the bewilderment and prematurity of the same instinct which restle ly impelled them to materialize the ideas of the Greek philosophers, and to render them practical by superstitious uses. Cole ridge , The Friend, ii. 10. premaxilla (pre-mak-sil'ä), n.; pl. premaxillæ (-e). [ NL.præmaxilla, II. n. The premaxillary bone; the intermaxillary. premaxillomaxillary (prē-mak-sil-ō-mak ́silā-ri), a. Same as maxillopremaxillary. Huxley. premet, a. A Middle English form of prime. pre mediate (prē-mē'di-āt), v. t.; pret. and pp. pre mediated, ppr. pre mediating. [ = [Rare.] premeditate (pre-med'i-tāt), v .; pret. and pp. premeditated , ppr.premeditating . [ L.præmed i tatus , pp. of præmeditari (> It. premed it are Sp. Pg. premed i tar = F. préméditer ), consider or think beforehand, præ , before, + meditari , consider, meditate: see meditate .] I. trans . To meditate beforehand; think about and contrive previously; pre cogitate. Here, pale with fear, he doth premeditate The dangers of his loathsome enterprise. Shak . , Lucrece, 1. 183. An expre premeditated design to take away his life. Black stone , Com., IV. iv. 196. premeditate II. in trans . To meditate beforehand; deliberate upon future action. They [the apostles] studied for no tongue, they spake with all; of themselves they were rude, and knew not so much as how to premeditate ; the Spirit gave them speech and eloquent utterance. Hooker, Eccles. Polity, iii. 8. Take no thought beforehand what ye shall speak, neither do ye premeditate. Mark xiii. 11.