n. A partaker of supremacy; one jointly supreme. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Logic), That premise of a syllogism that contains the major term (which is the predicate of the conclusion). Contrasted to minor premise. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. [ L. praematurus; prae before + maturus ripe. See Mature. ] 1. Mature or ripe before the proper time; as, the premature fruits of a hotbed. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Happening, arriving, existing, or performed before the proper or usual time; adopted too soon; too early; untimely; as, a premature fall of snow; a premature birth; a premature opinion; premature decay. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Arriving or received without due authentication or evidence; as, a premature report. [ 1913 Webster ]

-- Pre`ma*ture"ly, adv. -- Pre`ma*ture"ness, n. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. prématurité. ] The quality or state of being premature; early, or untimely, ripeness; as, the prematurity of genius. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n.; pl. Premaxillæ [ NL. See Pre-, and Maxilla. ] (Anat.) A bone on either side of the middle line between the nose and mouth, forming the anterior part of each half of the upper jawbone; the intermaxilla. In man the premaxillæ become united and form the incisor part of the maxillary bone. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Anat.) Situated in front of the maxillary bones; pertaining to the premaxillæ; intermaxillary. -- n. A premaxilla. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To advocate. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. praemeditatus, p. p. ] Premeditated; deliberate. [ Archaic ] Bp. Burnet. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Premeditated p. pr. & vb. n. Premeditating. ] [ L. praemeditatus, p. p. of praemeditari; prae before + meditari to meditate. See Meditate. ] To think on, and revolve in the mind, beforehand; to contrive and design previously; as, to premeditate robbery. [ 1913 Webster ]

With words premeditated thus he said. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To think, consider, deliberate, or revolve in the mind, beforehand. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. With premeditation. Burke. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. praemeditatio: cf. F. préméditation. ] The act of meditating or contriving beforehand; previous deliberation; forethought. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To merit or deserve beforehand. [ Obs. ] Eikon Basi&unr_;&unr_;ke. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. [ L. praemialis. See Premium. ] Serving to reward; rewarding. [ R. ] Baxter. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. pl. [ F. prémices, L. primitiae. See Primitia. ] First fruits. [ Obs. ] Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ F. premier, fr. L. primarius of the first rank, principal, fr. primus the first. See Primary, Prime, a. ] 1. First; chief; principal; as, the premier place; premier minister. Camden. Swift. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Most ancient; -- said of the peer bearing the oldest title of his degree. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The first minister of state; the prime minister. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖a. fem. [ F., prop. fem. of premier first. See Premier, a. ] First; chief; as, a première danseuse. -- n. fem.; pl. -mières /plu>. (a) The leading woman of a group, esp. in a theatrical cast. (b) A first performance, as of a play; a first night. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

v. i. 1. to be performed for the first time; of a play, ballet, composition, movie, or other literary work.
Syn. -- premier. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

v. t. 1. to perform (a play, ballet, or composition) for the first time.
Syn. -- premier. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. The office of the premier. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Previous to the millennium. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. praemiosus, fr. praemium a premium. ] Rich in gifts. [ R. ] Clarke. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Premises [ Written also, less properly, premiss. ] [ F. prémisse, fr. L. praemissus, p. p. of praemittere to send before; prae before + mittere to send. See Mission. ] 1. A proposition antecedently supposed or proved; something previously stated or assumed as the basis of further argument; a condition; a supposition. [ 1913 Webster ]

The premises observed,
Thy will by my performance shall be served. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Logic) Either of the first two propositions of a syllogism, from which the conclusion is drawn. [ 1913 Webster ]

“All sinners deserve punishment: A B is a sinner.” [ 1913 Webster ] These propositions, which are the premises, being true or admitted, the conclusion follows, that A B deserves punishment. [ 1913 Webster ]

While the premises stand firm, it is impossible to shake the conclusion. Dr. H. More. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. pl. (Law) Matters previously stated or set forth; esp., that part in the beginning of a deed, the office of which is to express the grantor and grantee, and the land or thing granted or conveyed, and all that precedes the habendum; the thing demised or granted. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. pl. A piece of real estate; a building and its adjuncts; as, to lease premises; to trespass on another's premises. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Premised p. pr. & vb. n. Premising. ] [ From L. praemissus, p. p., or E. premise, n. See Premise, n. ] 1. To send before the time, or beforehand; hence, to cause to be before something else; to employ previously. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

The premised flames of the last day. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

If venesection and a cathartic be premised. E. Darwin. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To set forth beforehand, or as introductory to the main subject; to offer previously, as something to explain or aid in understanding what follows; especially, to lay down premises or first propositions, on which rest the subsequent reasonings. [ 1913 Webster ]

I premise these particulars that the reader may know that I enter upon it as a very ungrateful task. Addison. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To make a premise; to set forth something as a premise. Swift. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Premise. Whately. I. Watts [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To premise. [ Obs. ] Donne. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Premiums [ L. praemium, originally, what one has got before or better than others; prae before + emere to take, buy. See Redeem. ] 1. A reward or recompense; a prize to be won by being before another, or others, in a competition; reward or prize to be adjudged; a bounty; as, a premium for good behavior or scholarship, for discoveries, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

To think it not the necessity, but the premium and privilege of life, to eat and sleep without any regard to glory. Burke. [ 1913 Webster ]

The law that obliges parishes to support the poor offers a premium for the encouragement of idleness. Franklin. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Something offered or given for the loan of money; bonus; -- sometimes synonymous with interest, but generally signifying a sum in addition to the capital. [ 1913 Webster ]

People were tempted to lend, by great premiums and large interest. Swift. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. A sum of money paid to underwriters for insurance, or for undertaking to indemnify for losses of any kind. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. A sum in advance of, or in addition to, the nominal or par value of anything; as, gold was at a premium; he sold his stock at a premium. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Anat.) Situated in front of the molar teeth. --n. An anterior molar tooth which has replaced a deciduous molar. See Tooth. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Premonished p. pr. & vb. n. Premonishing. ] [ Pref. pre- + monish: cf. L. praemonere. ] To forewarn; to admonish beforehand. [ R. ] Herrick. [ 1913 Webster ]

To teach, and to premonish. Bk. of Com. Prayer. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Previous warning or admonition; forewarning. Sir H. Wotton. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. praemonitio. See Premonish. ] Previous warning, notice, or information; forewarning; as, a premonition of danger. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. praemonitor. ] One who, or that which, gives premonition. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. praemonitorius. ] Giving previous warning or notice; as, premonitory symptoms of disease. -- Pre*mon"i*to*ri*ly adv. [1913 Webster]

n. A Premonstratensian. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ L. praemonstratus, p. p. of praemonstrare; prae before + monstrate to show. ] To show beforehand; to foreshow. [ R. ] Herbert. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. prémontré, fr. Prémontré, fr. L. pratum monstratum. ] (R. C. Ch.) One of a religious order of regular canons founded by St. Norbert at Prémontré, in France, in 1119. The members of the order are called also White Canons, Norbertines, and Premonstrants. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. praemonstratio. ] A showing beforehand; foreshowing. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. praemonstrator. ] One who, or that which, premonstrates. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. praemorsus, p. p. of praemordere to bite off; prae before + mordere to bite. ] Terminated abruptly, or as it bitten off. [ 1913 Webster ]

Premorse root or
Premorse leaves (Bot.), such as have an abrupt, ragged, and irregular termination, as if bitten off short. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Relating to the time before Moses; as, premosaic history. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Pref. pre- + motion. ] Previous motion or excitement to action. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Law) See Præmunire. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ L. praemunitus, p. p. of praemunire to fortify in front; prae before + munire to fortify. ] To fortify beforehand; to guard against objection. [ Obs. ] Fotherby. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. praemunitio: cf. F. prémunition. ] The act of fortifying or guarding against objections. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Of or pertaining to a premunire; as, a premunitory process. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. suprématie. See Supreme. ] The state of being supreme, or in the highest station of power; highest or supreme authority or power; as, the supremacy of a king or a parliament. [ 1913 Webster ]

The usurped power of the pope being destroyed, the crown was restored to its supremacy over spiritual men and causes. Blackstone. [ 1913 Webster ]

Oath supremacy, an oath which acknowledges the supremacy of the sovereign in spiritual affairs, and renounced or abjures the supremacy of the pope in ecclesiastical or temporal affairs. [ Eng. ] Brande & C. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. supremus, superlative of superus that is above, upper, fr. super above: cf. F. suprême. See Super-, and cf. Sum. ] 1. Highest in authority; holding the highest place in authority, government, or power. [ 1913 Webster ]

He that is the supreme King of kings. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Highest; greatest; most excellent or most extreme; utmost; greatist possible (sometimes in a bad sense); as, supreme love; supreme glory; supreme magnanimity; supreme folly. [ 1913 Webster ]

Each would be supreme within its own sphere, and those spheres could not but clash. De Quincey. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Bot.) Situated at the highest part or point. [ 1913 Webster ]

The Supreme, the Almighty; God. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In a supreme manner. [ 1913 Webster ]