premonition

premonition
premonition (n.) mid-15c., from Anglo-Fr. premunition, from L.L. praemonitionem (nom. praemonitio) "a forewarning," from pp. stem of L. praemonere "forewarn," from prae "before" (see PRE- (Cf. pre-)) + monere "to warn" (see MONITOR (Cf. monitor) (n.)).

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  • Premonition — refers to a situation when future events are foreknown or forecast or foretelling. They are attributed by some people to the presence of supernatural or paranormal abilities (see Cassandra myth). However, the distinction between precognition and… …   Wikipedia

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  • Premonition — Prémonition Pour les articles homonymes, voir Prémonition (film, 2004). Une prémonition, du préfixe pre et du latin, monere, désigne le sentiment de savoir ce qui va arriver dans le futur. Une prémonition peut être une conviction que quelque… …   Wikipédia en Français

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  • Premonition — Pre mo*ni tion, n. [L. praemonitio. See {Premonish}.] Previous warning, notice, or information; forewarning; as, a premonition of danger. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • premonition — I noun augury, auspice, boding, caution, divination, evil adumbration, feeling, foreboding, forefeeling, foreshadowing, foretoken, forewarning, hunch, intimation, misgiving, monitio, monitum, omen, portent, prediction, premonishment,… …   Law dictionary

  • premonition — [n] feeling that an event is about to occur apprehension, apprehensiveness, feeling, feeling in bones*, foreboding, forewarning, funny feeling, handwriting on wall*, hunch, idea, intuition, misgiving, omen, portent, prenotion, presage,… …   New thesaurus

  • premonition — ► NOUN ▪ a strong feeling that something is about to happen. DERIVATIVES premonitory adjective. ORIGIN Latin, from praemonere forewarn …   English terms dictionary

  • premonition — [prem΄ə nish′ən, prē΄mənish′ən] n. [MFr premonicion < LL(Ec) praemonitio < L praemonere < prae , before + monere, to warn: see PRE & MONITOR] 1. a warning in advance; a forewarning 2. a feeling that something, esp. something bad, will… …   English World dictionary

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