Premonish

Quick meaning: Premonish is a verb meaning (obsolete, transitive) To warn of something in advance.

Meaning

(obsolete, transitive) To warn of something in advance.

Example Sentences

In Australia and Samoa the kangaroo, the crow and the owl premonish their fellow clansmen of events to come.

While other schools of a similar nature were petitioning for endowments, employing agents to solicit funds, and, failing to receive, were obliged to close their doors, she, […] premonished on every side with assurances of failure, not only established a good school, but maintained it, and made it a remunerative enterprise and a recognized force in educational circles.

Word Forms

• premonishes
• premonishing
• premonished

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include foremonish, forewarn, preadmonish, prewarn, premonstrate, foreadmonish.

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