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premonishing

premonishing is the present participle and gerund of premonish.

Meaning of premonish

Verb

premonish (third-person singular simple present premonishes, present participle premonishing, simple past and past participle premonished)

  1. (obsolete, transitive) To warn of something in advance.
    • 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...1901, Winona Branch Sawyer, Frances Wood Shimer, 1826-1901, page 17

Questions about premonishing

What is premonishing the present participle and gerund of?
Premonishing is the present participle and gerund of premonish.

Words near premonishing in the dictionary

  1. premonetary
  2. premoney
  3. premonish
  4. premonished
  5. premonishes
  6. premonishing
  7. premonishment
  8. premonishments
  9. premonition
  10. premonitional
  11. premonitionally

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