Meanings
present singular third person premits · participle present premitting · participle past premitted · past premitted
- intransitiveobsoleteTo premise.
Thus much I vvas vvilling to premit, to avvaken you, if it pleaſe you to heare it, to a iuſt loue of your ovvne ſafetie, of the peace of your Countrey, of the honour and reputation of your Countreymen, and of the integritie of that, vvhich you call the Catholicke cauſe; […]
1610, John Donne, “A Preface to the Priestes, and Iesuits, and to Their Disciples in This Kingdome”, in Pseudo-Martyr. […], London: […] W[illiam] Stansby for Walter Burre, →OCLC, paragraph 33
Origin
- Latinpraemitto
- Englishpremit
From Latin praemitto.
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premit. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/premit
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