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Webster 1913 Edition


Premonstrate

Pre-mon′strate

,
Verb.
T.
[L.
praemonstratus
, p. p. of
praemonstrare
;
prae
before +
monstrate
to show.]
To show beforehand; to foreshow.
[R.]
Herbert.

Webster 1828 Edition


Premonstrate

PREMON'STRATE

,
Verb.
T.
[L. proemonstro; proe, before, and monstro,to show.] To show beforehand. [Little used.]

Definition 2024


premonstrate

premonstrate

English

Verb

premonstrate (third-person singular simple present premonstrates, present participle premonstrating, simple past and past participle premonstrated)

  1. To show beforehand; to foreshow.
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