premo

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Premonished p. pr. & vb. n. Premonishing. ] [ Pref. pre- + monish: cf. L. praemonere. ] To forewarn; to admonish beforehand. [ R. ] Herrick. [ 1913 Webster ]

To teach, and to premonish. Bk. of Com. Prayer. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Previous warning or admonition; forewarning. Sir H. Wotton. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. praemonitio. See Premonish. ] Previous warning, notice, or information; forewarning; as, a premonition of danger. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. praemonitor. ] One who, or that which, gives premonition. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. praemonitorius. ] Giving previous warning or notice; as, premonitory symptoms of disease. -- Pre*mon"i*to*ri*ly adv. [1913 Webster]

n. A Premonstratensian. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ L. praemonstratus, p. p. of praemonstrare; prae before + monstrate to show. ] To show beforehand; to foreshow. [ R. ] Herbert. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. prémontré, fr. Prémontré, fr. L. pratum monstratum. ] (R. C. Ch.) One of a religious order of regular canons founded by St. Norbert at Prémontré, in France, in 1119. The members of the order are called also White Canons, Norbertines, and Premonstrants. [ 1913 Webster ]