Pre-mōn’ish, v. t.

v. t. [imp. & p. p. PREMONISHED (pre-mōn’isht); p. pr. & vb. n. PREMONISHING.] [Prefix pre and monish; Lat. præmonere, fr. præ, before, and monere, to remind, warn.] To forewarn; to admonish beforehand.

Better it is, premonishèd, for to shun A sin, than fall to weeping when ’tis done. Herrick.