Pre mons trant (pre mons trant)

[An accom. form (as if prem on str a tet (pre-mon's trāt), v. t. [ It. premo strare ), show beforehand, guide: see Premon strant.] To foreshow; represent beforehand. This [text, Luke xii. 20] is the covetous man's scripture; and both (like an unflattering gla ) presents his present condition, what he is, and (like a fatal book) prem onst rates his future state, what he shall be. a. and n. Rev. T. Adams, Works, II. 123. Prem on str a tens i an (pre-mon-str a-ten'si-an), [Also Præmon str a tens i an; The Præmon str a tens i an Priory of Langdon. R. W. Dixon , Hist. Church of Eng., v. "a faculty that, even when all conditions of activity are present, is free either to act as it chooses or not to act at all." But this thesis is nothing more than the mere denial of "physical premotion. " Mind, XII. 266. premove (pre-möv'), v. t.; pret. and pp. pre moved, ppr. premoving. [ It follow eth that we have no certainty when God pre moveth an apostle or prophet to speak true, and when to Baxter , Divine Life, i. 19. speak falsely. pre multiply (pre-multi-pli), v. t.; pret. and pp. pre multiplied, ppr. pre multiplying. [ It. premu nire = F. prémunir ), prémunir ), fortify or defend in front, For the better removing of the exception, which might minister any scruple, ., I thought good to pre munite the succeeding treatise with this preface. Fother by, Atheomastix, Pref. ( Latham .) premunition (prē-mū-nish'on), n . [= F. pré munition , præmunitio (n-), a fortifying or strengthening beforehand, præmunire , pp. præmunitus , fortify or defend in front or in advance: see pre munite .] The act of fortifying or guarding beforehand; a measure taken in advance to secure immunity from peril or objection. No: let me tell thee, prevision is the best prevention, and premonition the best premunition . Rev. S. Ward, Sermons, p. 53. pre muni tory (pre-mu'ni-to-ri), a . [Also præ- munitory ; pre munite + -ory .] Belonging or relating to a præmunire. The clergy were summoned by the pre muni tory clause. Hody , Ilist. of Convocation, p. 402. ( Latham .) premyet, n. [ præmium , reward, recom- pense: see premium .] A gift. The cytie of London through his mere graunt and prem ye Was first privyleged to have both mayer and shryve, Where before hys tyme it had but baylyves onlye. Bale , Kynge Johan, p. 85. ( Hall i well .) [NL. (Vail- Prenanthes (prē-nan′thēz), n . lant, 1737), so called in allusion to the nodding flower-heads; πρηνής , with the face downward, + ἄνθος , flower.] A genus of composite plants of the tribe Cichoriaceæ and subtribe Lactuccæ. It is characterized by nearly cylindrical or slightly compre ed three to five-angled achenes without beaks or ribs, and loosely panicled, nodding heads of ligulate flowers, with a peculiar cylindrical and slender involucre, having a few short bracts at its base, and mainly composed of from five to fourteen long and equal soft bracts in a single row, unchanged after blo oming. There are 20 species, natives of southern Europe, the Canary Islands, the East Indies, Japan, and North America. They are smooth and erect herbs, often tall and wand-like, or climb[ing (in a Him a lay an species), with commonly whitish or yellowish flowers and copious pappus-a few American species being exceptional in their rough hairy inflorescence, or erect flowers. The leaves are alternate, and often of very peculiar shapes-arrow or halberd-shaped, lyrate, or irregularly lobed, sometimes with great variation on the same plant. Three closely connected American species, P. alba , P. serpent aria , and P. alti ima , are variously called white lettuce , lion's - foot , rattlesnake - root , and gall - of the- earth -one, P. serpent aria , being locally reputed a cure for rattlesnake-bites. See cancer - weed , and cut under rattlesnake-root. II. n . Same as Pre mons trant . A proce ion of monks, Carmelites, Benedictines, Pre- monstratencians . The American , VIII. 249. premonstrationt (pre-mon-strā'shon), п . It. premostrazione , præmonstratio ( n- ), а Man cannot brook poor friends. This inconstant char me little, and love me long." Rev. T. Adams , Works, II. 418. We enter'd by the drawbridg, which has an invention to let one fall, if not præmonished . Evelyn , Diary, May 2, 1644. II. in trans. To give warning or advice beforehand; forebode. Your lordship doth very seasonably premonish . Chapman and Shirley , Admiral of France, v. My love is virtuous; were it otherwise, I should elect, as you premonish , youth And prodigal blood. Shirley, Love Tricks, ii. 2.