prem on str a tor

[Lat. præmon str at or.] [PREM ONST RATE.] One who or that which prem onst rates or shows beforehand. pre-morse, præ-morse, a. [Lat. præmors us, pa. par. of præmordeo: præ =before, and mordeo = to bite.] Botany (of a root , leaf , & c .): Having so perished at the extremity, as to suggest that a piece has been bitten off. Nearly the same as truncate, except that the termination is ragged and irregular. The root figured as an example is that of Scabiosa succisa . prēmō-şā-ic, adj. [Pref. pre-, and English mosaic (q.v.).1 Pertaining or relating to the times before Moses. IMG:content-1478.jpg:[graphic][merged small] pre-mō-tion, subst. [Pref. pre- , and Eng. motion (q. v.).] Previous motion or excitement to action. pre-mu-nïr-ě, s. [PRÆMUNIRE.] pine, pit, sire, sir, marine; gō, pot, pre munite *pre-mu-nite', v . t . [Lat. præmunitus , pa. par. of præmunio: præbefore, and munio =to fortify.) To fortify or strengthen beforehand; to guard against objection. "To pre munite the succeeding treatise with this preface."-Fother by: Atheomastix. (Pref.) *pre-mu-ni-tion, & [Latin præmunitio , from præmunitus, pa. par. of præmunio .] The act of fortifying or strengthening beforehand against objections.