† preˈmit, v. Obs.
[ad. L. præmittĕre to send or set before, f. præ, pre- A. + mittĕre to send.]
1. trans. = premise v. 1.
| 1540 in 10th Rep. Hist. MSS. Comm. App. v. 385 That the said statute to be allwaye keapte..as it is premitted. 1608 Willet Hexapla Exod. 84 Certaine generall questions are to bee premitted. 1681 R. Fleming Fulfill. Script. (1801) I. 263, I would premit here some few things. 1784 J. Brown Hist. Brit. Ch. (1820) II. vi. 218 After premitting a declaration of their peaceful intentions, the Covenanters took possession of Newcastle. |
2. = premise v. 2.
| 1662 [see premitted below]. 1670 Maynwaring Physician's Repos. 37 Purgation is necessary to be premitted. |
3. To send forth. rare.
| 1677 Gale Crt. Gentiles II. iv. 50 Seneca would needs persuade us..that Virtue doth premit its light into the minds of al. |
Hence † preˈmitted ppl. a. Obs.
| 1662 Gunning Lent Fast 100 The Church..directed the Catechumeni to prepare themselves by premitted solemn fastings for the reception of holy Baptism. |