▪ I. † preˈmonstrate, ppl. a. Obs. rare—1.
[ad. L. præmonstrāt-us, pa. pple. of præmonstrāre: see next.]
‘Premonstrated’, foreshown. (Const. as pa. pple.)
| 1654 Z. Coke Logick 10 When they are ordinative, methodical, and by conclusion, as is premonstrate. |
▪ II. preˈmonstrate, v. rare.
[f. ppl. stem of L. præmonstrāre to show beforehand, f. præ, pre- A. 1 + monstrāre to show.]
trans. To point out or make known beforehand; to foreshow, portend.
| 1588 J. Harvey Disc. Probl. 104 The same coniunction againe infusing, doth out of all doubt premonstrate the second coming of the sonne of God and man in the maiestie of his glorie. 1594 [see premonstrance]. 1652 Wharton tr. Rothman's Chirom. Wks. (1683) 550 They premonstrate Happiness to the Man in his Journeys and Messages. 1679 C. Nesse Antichrist 132 It is not the manner of Holy Scripture to premonstrate any certain periods. 1857 A. Mathews Tea-Table Talk I. 251 Marks, natural or acquired, premonstrate a talent for locomotion. |