premonitor

premonitor noun: one who, or that which, gives premonition; a harbinger.

Noun

premonitor (plural premonitors)

One who, or that which, gives premonition; a harbinger
- Beloved, give me leave to be a premonitor, a forewarner to you in this place, and to tell you that these things must needs provoke God to heavy displeasure .1642, Thomas Cheshire, A True Copy of that Sermon which was preached at St Pauls, page 14
- and if he is legitimately attended to, sedulously known, and religiously reverenced, in the way he was reverenced by Socrates, with justice and innocence, will be a predicter in things uncertain, a premonitor in things dubious, a defender in things dangerous, and an assistant in want.1853, G. W. Bethune, “Life and Opinions of Socrates”, in Edward A. Rice, editor, The Ladies' Diadem: a Token of Friendship, page 80
A forerunner; a predecessor.
- And within this erect sport-producing structure is found a columella, which may be regarded as the premonitor of a vascular system.1905, Annual Report of the Iowa State Horticultural Society- Volume 39, page 32

premonitor (third-person singular simple present premonitors, present participle premonitoring, simple past and past participle premonitored)

To monitor beforehand.
- 4. premonitor all eating;1980, Sheldon D. Rose, A Casebook in Group Therapy: A Behavioral Cognitive Approach, page 145
- The premonitoring group recorded food, amount, time, and place of eating prior to eating.1984, Michael Merbaum, Michael Rosenbaum, “Self-Control Theory and Technique in the Modification of Smoking, Obesity, and Alcohol Abuse”, in Cyril M. Franks, editor, New Developments in Behavior...

ಮುನ್ಸೂಚಕ, ಮುನ್ಸೂಚನೆ ಕೊಡುವವನು

By power of legal suasion, forbid all emanation Of brewers' fermentation, or poisonous preparation Of spirit distillation, nor any vain libation, Producing stimulation, premonitor of desolation.1871, John N. Stearns, The Temperance Speaker, page 89:
When asleep, the increase of the respirations was the premonitor of resolution.1872 August, Alexander Edward M'Rae, “The Physiological Action of Chloral, illustrated by Experiments”, in “The” Edinburgh Medical and...
The purpose of this research is to determine whether unusual animal behavior may serve as a biological premonitor of earthquakes.1980, Summaries of Technical Reports, Volume X, page 423:
They are only to premonitor construction activities to be expected.1995, George van Leeuwen, “A Hedonic Approach to Output Price Indices for Construction”, in Proceedings of the 1995 Annual Research...

Noun
plural	premonitors
Verb
third-person singular present	premonitors
present participle	premonitoring
past participle	premonitored
past	premonitored

From Latin praemonitor.

What does premonitor mean?: Premonitor means one who, or that which, gives premonition; a harbinger.
What is premonitor in Kannada?: Premonitor in Kannada is ಮುನ್ಸೂಚಕ, ಮುನ್ಸೂಚನೆ ಕೊಡುವವನು. See Premonitor meaning in Kannada.
How do you use premonitor in a sentence?: By power of legal suasion, forbid all emanation Of brewers' fermentation, or poisonous preparation Of spirit distillation, nor any vain libation, Producing stimulation, premonitor of desolation.
What part of speech is premonitor?: Premonitor can be a noun or a verb.
What is the plural of premonitor?: The plural of premonitor is premonitors.

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