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premonitory, a. (n.)|priːˈmɒnɪtərɪ|
[ad. late L. præmonitōri-us, f. præmonitor: see prec. and -ory2. Cf. F. prémonitoire.]
A. adj. Giving or conveying premonition; serving to warn or notify beforehand.
1647Ward Simp. Cobler 43 In premonitory judgements, God will take good words, and sincere intents; but in peremptory, nothing but reall performances. 1686Goad Celest. Bodies ii. iv. 213 A Comet..following an Earthquake, though it looseth the Praemonitory part, yet it looseth not the Nature of a Sign. 1822Lamb Elia Ser. i. Diss. Roast Pig, A premonitory moistening..overflowed his nether lip. 1846J. Baxter Libr. Pract. Agric. (ed. 4) I. 429 We are warned of approaching danger, by certain premonitory symptoms. 1868Browning Ring & Bk. iv. 1356 Signs and silences Premonitory of earthquake.
B. ellipt. as n. pl. Premonitory symptoms.
1834Knickerbocker IV. 307 The premonitories seize me before I have time to run to the doctors for relief. 1853Kane Grinnell Exp. xxxiv. (1856) 308, I am down myself today with all the premonitories.
Hence preˈmonitorily adv.
1847in Webster. 1880G. Meredith Tragic Com. viii, Shaking her own head premonitorily. |