Pre*mit" (?), v. t. To premise. [Obs.] Donne.
Pre"mi*um (?), n.; pl. Premiums (#). [L. praemium, originally, what one
has got before or better than others; prae before + emere to take, buy.
See Redeem.] 1. A reward or recompense; a prize to be won by being
before another, or others, in a competition; reward or prize to be
adjudged; a bounty; as, a premium for good behavior or scholarship, for
discoveries, etc.
To think it not the necessity, but the premium and privilege of
life, to eat and sleep without any regard to glory.
Burke.
The law that obliges parishes to support the poor offers a premium
for the encouragement of idleness.
Franklin.
2. Something offered or given for the loan of money; bonus; --
sometimes synonymous with interest, but generally signifying a sum in
addition to the capital.
People were tempted to lend, by great premiums and large interest.
Swift.
3. A sum of money paid to underwriters for insurance, or for
undertaking to indemnify for losses of any kind.
4. A sum in advance of, or in addition to, the nominal or par value of
anything; as, gold was at a premium; he sold his stock at a premium.
Pre*mo"lar (?), a. (Anat.) Situated in front of the molar teeth. -- n.
An anterior molar tooth which has replaced a deciduous molar. See
Tooth.
Pre*mon"ish (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Premonished (?); p. pr. & vb. n.
Premonishing.] [Pref. pre- + monish: cf. L. praemonere.] To forewarn;
to admonish beforehand. [R.] Herrick.
To teach, and to premonish.
Bk. of Com. Prayer.
Pre*mon"ish*ment (?), n. Previous warning or admonition; forewarning.
Sir H. Wotton.
Pre`mo*ni"tion (?), n. [L. praemonitio. See Premonish.] Previous
warning, notice, or information; forewarning; as, a premonition of
danger.
Pre*mon"i*tor (?), n. [L. praemonitor.] One who, or that which, gives
premonition.
Pre*mon"i*to*ry (?), a. [L. praemonitorius.] Giving previous warning or
notice; as, premonitory symptoms of disease. -- Pre*mon"i*to*ri*ly (#),
adv.
Pre*mon"strant (?), n. A Premonstratensian.
Pre*mon"strate (?), v. t. [L. praemonstratus, p. p. of praemonstrare;
prae before + monstrate to show.] To show beforehand; to foreshow. [R.]
Herbert.
Pre*mon`stra*ten"sian (?), n. [F. prÈmontrÈ, fr. PrÈmontrÈ, fr. L.
pratum monstratum.] (R. C. Ch.) One of a religious order of regular
canons founded by St. Norbert at PrÈmontrÈ, in France, in 1119. The
members of the order are called also White Canons, Norbertines, and
Premonstrants.
Pre`mon*stra"tion (?), n. [L. praemonstratio.] A showing beforehand;
foreshowing.
Pre*mon"stra*tor (?), n. [L. praemonstrator.] One who, or that which,
premonstrates. [R.]
Pre*morse" (?), a. [L. praemorsus, p. p. of praemordere to bite off;
prae before + mordere to bite.] Terminated abruptly, or as it bitten
off.
Premorse root or leaves (Bot.), such as have an abrupt, ragged, and
irregular termination, as if bitten off short.
Pre`mo*sa"ic (?), a. Relating to the time before Moses; as, premosaic
history.
Pre*mo"tion (?), n. [Pref. pre- + motion.] Previous motion or
excitement to action.
Prem`u*ni"re (?), n. (Law) See PrÊmunire.
Prem`u*nite" (?), v. t. [L. praemunitus, p. p. of praemunire to fortify
in front; prae before + munire to fortify.] To fortify beforehand; to
guard against objection. [Obs.] Fotherby.
Pre`mu*ni"tion (?), n. [L. praemunitio: cf. F. prÈmunition.] The act of
fortifying or guarding against objections. [Obs.]
Pre*mu"ni*to*ry (?), a. Of or pertaining to a premunire; as, a
premunitory process.
Pre*na"sal (?), a. (Anat.) Situated in front of the nose, or in front
of the nasal chambers.
Pre*na"tal (?), a. Being or happening before birth.
Pren"der (?), n. [F. prendre to take, fr. L. prehendere to take.] (Law)
The power or right of taking a thing before it is offered. Burrill.
Pre*no"men (?), n. See PrÊnomen.
Pre*nom"i*nal (?), a. Serving as a prefix in a compound name. Sir T.
Browne.
Pre*nom"i*nate (?), a. [L. praenominatus, p. p. of praenominare to give
the prenomen to, to prenominate, fr. praenomen prenomen.] Forenamed;
named beforehand. [R.] "Prenominate crimes." Shak.
Pre*nom"i*nate (?), v. t. To forename; to name beforehand; to tell by
name beforehand. Shak.
Pre*nom`i*na*tion (?), n. The act of prenominating; privilege of being
named first. Sir T. Browne.
Pre*nos"tic (?), n. [L. praenoscere to foreknow; prae before + noscere,
notum, to know.] A prognostic; an omen. [Obs.] Gower.
Pre*note" (?), v. t. [L. praenotare; prae before + notare to note.] To
note or designate beforehand. Foxe.
Pre*no"tion (?), n. [L. praenotio: cf. F. prÈnotion. See Prenostic.] A
notice or notion which precedes something else in time; previous notion
or thought; foreknowledge. Bacon.
Pren*sa"tion (?), n. [L. prensatio, from prensare, prehensare, v. freq.
from prehendere to seize.] The act of seizing with violence. [Obs.]
Barrow .
Pren"tice (?), n. [Aphetic form of apprentice.] An apprentice. [Obs. or
Colloq.] Piers Plowman. "My accuser is my prentice." Shak.