| 单词 |
premonition |
| 释义 |
premonition|priːməʊˈnɪʃən, prɛ-|
[ad. obs. F. premonicion (15th c. in Godef.), -ition, ad. late L. præmonitio a forewarning, n. of action f. L. præmonēre: see premonish. In med.L. the word was identified in form with præmūnītio (prop. a fortifying in front), so that the earlier form in Eng. was premunition, q.v.]
The action of premonishing or forewarning; a previous notification or warning of subsequent events; a forewarning.
[1456–1693: see premunition 2.] 1545Joye Exp. Dan. Argt. 8 It is necessarye to note this premonicion teaching vs how we shulde knowe the chirche of God. 1577–8Reg. Privy Council Scot. II. 666 Upoun sic schort and unlauchfull premonitioun. 1652Needham tr. Selden's Mare Cl. 465 Wee have thought good (by way of friendly premonition) to declare unto them all as followeth. 1785Reid Intell. Powers ii. iii. 250 In the premonition to the reader prefixed to the second edition of his Optics. 1869Act 32 & 33 Vict. c. 116 §7 The lands..should be redeemable by the grantor..upon premonition of three months. 1876Farrar Marlb. Serm. xx. 195 It will be the creeping premonition of paralysis to come. |
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