Dictionary: PRE-LUD'ED – PREM'ISE

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PRE-LUD'ED, pp.

Preceded by an introductory performance; preceded.

PRE'LU-DER, n.

One that plays a prelude, or introduces by a previous irregular piece of music.

PRE-LUD'ING, ppr.

Playing an introductory air; preceding.

PRE-LU'DI-OUS, a.

Previous; introductory. – Cleaveland.

PRE-LU'DI-UM, n. [Low L.]

A prelude. – Dryden.

PRE-LU'SIVE, a.

Previous; introductory; indicating that something of a like kind is to follow; as, prelusive drops. – Thomson.

PRE-LU'SIVE-LY, or PRE-LU'SO-RI-LY, adv.

Previously; introductorily.

PRE-LU'SO-RY, a.

Previous; introductory; prelusive. – Bacon.

PRE-MA-TURE', a. [Fr. prématuré, from L. præmaturus; præ, before, and maturus, ripe.]

  1. Ripe before the natural or proper time; as, the premature fruits of a hot-bed.
  2. Happening, arriving, performed or adopted before the proper time; as, a premature fall of snow in autumn; a premature birth; a premature opinion; a premature measure.
  3. Arriving or received without due authentication or evidence; as, premature report, news or intelligence.

PRE-MA-TURE'LY, adv.

  1. Too soon; too early; before the proper time; as, fruits prematurely ripened; opinions prematurely formed; measures prematurely taken.
  2. Without due evidence or authentication; as, intelligence prematurely received.

PRE-MA-TURE-NESS, or PRE-MA-TU'RI-TY, n.

  1. Ripeness before the natural or proper time.
  2. Too great haste; unseasonable earliness. – Warton.

PRE-MED'I-TATE, a.

Contrived by previous meditation. – Burnet.

PRE-MED'I-TATE, v.i.

To think, consider or revolve in the mind beforehand; to deliberate; to, have formed in the mind by previous thought or meditation. – Hooker.

PRE-MED'I-TATE, v.t. [Fr. premediter; It. premeditare; L. præmeditor; præ, before, and meditor, to meditate.]

To think on and revolve in the mind beforehand; to contrive and design previously; as, to premeditate theft or robbery. With words premeditated thus he said. – Dryden.

PRE-MED'I-TA-TED, pp.

  1. Previously considered or meditated.
  2. Previously contrived, designed or intended; deliberate; willful; as, premeditated murder.

PRE-MED'I-TATE-LY, adv.

With previous meditation. – Feltham.

PRE-MED'I-TA-TING, ppr.

Previously meditating; contriving or intending beforehand.

PRE-MED-I-TA'TION, n. [L. præmeditatio.]

  1. The act of meditating beforehand; previous deliberation. A sudden thought may be higher than nature can raise without premeditation. – Dryden.
  2. Previous contrivance or design formed; as, the premeditators of a crime.

PRE-MER'IT, v.t. [pre and merit.]

To merit or deserve beforehand. [Little used.] – K. Charles.

PREM'I-CES, n. [Fr. from L. primitiæ, primus.]

First fruits. [Not used.] – Dryden.

PREM'IER, a. [Fr. from L. primus, first.]

First; chief; principal; as, the premier place; premier minister. – Camden. Swift.

PREM'IER, n.

The first minister of state; the prime minister.

PREM'IER-SHIP, n.

The office or dignity of the first minister of state.

PRE-MIL-LEN'NI-AL, a.

Previous to the millennium.

PREM'ISE, n. [prem'is.]

A first or antecedent proposition. [See Premises.]