单词 | premonish |
释义 | premonishv. 1. transitive. To forewarn; to advise, caution, notify, or admonish beforehand. Frequently with of, that-clause, or infinitive. Now somewhat rare. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > danger > warning of imminent danger or evil > warn (a person) of imminent danger or evil [verb (transitive)] warnc1000 forewarnc1330 monisha1382 premonisha1530 awarn1590 preadmonish1632 prewarna1637 preadvise1651 alarm1663 advertise1825 to give (or get) the (also a) wire1897 the mind > attention and judgement > judgement or decision > advice > advise [verb (transitive)] > admonish mingOE monisha1382 correctc1386 admonish?c1400 minda1425 advertise1449 exhortc1475 premonisha1530 precaution1665 caution1683 society > communication > information > intimation or making known > intimate or make known (something) [verb (transitive)] > in advance warnc1275 warnisha1400 premonisha1530 pre-advertise1611 pre-intimate1788 tip1891 a1530 W. Bonde Pylgrimage of Perfeccyon (1531) iii. f. CCiv Thou art..agayn premonysshed, aduysed & warned, neuer to..ymagyn in thy fantasy ony suche. 1566 W. Painter Palace of Pleasure I. xx. 113 This fable Aesope reporteth, premonishyng men to beware of light hope, and vaine truste, to be reposed in fredes and kinsfolke. 1601 B. Jonson Fountaine of Selfe-love ii. iii. sig. D4 Fie, I premonisht you of that. View more context for this quotation 1640 in J. Nicholson Minute Bk. War Comm. Covenanters Kirkcudbright 29 Dec. (1855) 153 The said Committie of Estaites of Parliament doe heirby warne, premoneis and requyer all Commissares and Collectores..that they prepare thair comptes and present thame befoire the auditors. 1677 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 12 891 Perhaps in time we may be premonished of Infections. 1742 J. Willison Balm of Gilead (1800) i. 60 Got doth premonish us that a storm is coming. 1799 R. Bell Syst. Forms of Deeds Scotl. II. 389 I..lawfully premonish, warn, and charge C. D. tenant and possessor of the lands of [blank], to flit and remove himself [etc.] 1834 Southern Literary Messenger 1 75/1 Every traveller is premonished by the oft-repeated advertisement that ‘baggage is at the risk of the owner’. 1876 J. R. Lowell Among my Bks. 2nd Ser. 191 Of whose haunting presence the delicacy of his senses had already premonished him. 1930 Eng. Hist. Rev. 45 263 Premonished by this consideration..Bishop Trelawney and the sub-dean proceeded to play a bold yet delicate part in the joint business of managing aright the parliamentary elections and capitular promotions. 1963 W. W. Leuchtenberg in A. A. Offner America & Origins World War II (1971) iii. 86 The United States, he premonished, could not hope to remain an island of democracy in a totalitarian sea. 2. intransitive. To give warning beforehand. Now rare. In later use only with echoes of quot. 1549. In quot. 1894 with that-clause. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > danger > warning of imminent danger or evil > warn [verb (intransitive)] warna1000 premonish1549 to put in or enter a caveat1755 1549 Forme & Maner consecratyng Archebishoppes sig. G.ij To bee the Messengers, the Watchemen, the Pastors, and Stewardes of the lorde, to teache, to premonishe, to feede, and prouide for the Lordes familie. 1550 J. Hooper Ouersight Jonas i. 12 b He is yet so mercyfull that he premonysheth & forewarneth of hys scourge to come, by hys prophets. 1625 J. Shirley Love Tricks ii. ii Were it otherwise, I should elect, as you pre-monish, youth And prodigal blood. 1703 W. Burkitt Expos. Notes New Test. Matt. xxiv. 30 God doth premonish before he punish. 1894 F. P. Badham in Academy 15 Dec. 513/2 The mention of women in the genealogy..premonishes that some peculiar importance will attach to Christ's mother. 1964 Times 23 May 10/4 A pastor is called to teach, to premonish. 1975 M. Sullivan Watch How You Go xi. 205 None of these innovations will be of any great importance if the Church fails in her primary task of teaching, premonishing, feeding. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < v.a1530 |
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