premunire

English

Noun

premunire (plural premunires)

1. Alternative form of praemunire.

Verb

premunire (third-person singular simple present premunires, present participle premuniring, simple past and past participle premunired)

1. Alternative form of praemunire.
   • 1664, [Edward Billing], A Faithful Testimony for God & My Country, or, a Retro-Spective Glass for the Legislators and the Rest of the Sons of the Church of England (So Called), Who Are Found Persecuting the Innocent, London: […] the author, page 8:

     But instead of receiving any manner of Justice, most rediculously and impertinantly was the Oath of Allegiance, imposed as a Snare upon them; for refusal whereof they were forthwith premunired, and their Estates and Liberties in this horrid manner rap’d from them.

   • 1722, William Sewel, The History of the Rise, Increase, and Progress of the Christian People Called Quakers, Intermixed with Several Remarkable Occurrences. Written Originally in Low-Dutch by William Sewel, and by Himself Translated into English. Now Revis'd and Publish'd, with some Amendments, rev. edition, London: Printed by the Assigns of J. Sowle, at the Bible in George-Yard, Lombard-Street, →OCLC, page 476:

     A Thief having ſtoln two Beaſts from one of thoſe called Quakers, was impriſoned: But ſome body having informed the Judge that the Man that proſecuted was a Quaker, and he (the Judge) perceiving that he would not ſwear, would not hear what the Man could ſay, but tender'd him the Oaths of Allegiance and Supremacy, which the ſaid Quaker refuſing, the Judge premunired him, and let the thief go free.

   • 1844, William Evans, Thomas Evans, editors, The Friends' Library: Comprising Journals, Doctrinal Treatises, and Other Writings of Members of the Religious Society of Friends, volume VIII, Philadelphia, Penn.: Printed for William and Thomas Evans, by Joseph Rakestraw, →OCLC, page 352:

     Besides in this case of our premunired friends, if the king had not re-conveyed their estates as he did, by his letters patent – under the great seal of England, – from him and his heirs, to them and their heirs, they had remained forfeited, and liable to future claims, and the proper owners to be dispossessed thereof […]

Italian

Etymology

From pre- (“pre-”) +‎ munire (“to fortify, equip; to man a ship”).

Verb

premunìre (first-person singular present premunìsco, first-person singular past historic premunìi, past participle premunìto, auxiliary avére)

1. to protect, fortify [with contro ‘against’]

Conjugation

    Conjugation of premunìre (-ire; irregular) (See Appendix:Italian verbs)

infinitive	premunìre
auxiliary verb		avére	gerund		premunèndo
present participle		premuniènte	past participle		premunìto
person	singular			plural
	first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative	io	tu	lui/lei, esso/essa	noi	voi	loro, essi/esse
present	premunìsco	premunìsci	premunìsce	premuniàmo	premunìte	premunìscono
imperfect	premunìvo	premunìvi	premunìva	premunivàmo	premunivàte	premunìvano
past historic	premunìi	premunìsti	premunì	premunìmmo	premunìste	premunìrono
future	premunirò	premunirài	premunirà	premunirémo	premuniréte	premunirànno
conditional	io	tu	lui/lei, esso/essa	noi	voi	loro, essi/esse
present	premunirèi	premunirésti	premunirèbbe, premunirébbe	premunirémmo	premuniréste	premunirèbbero, premunirébbero
subjunctive	che io	che tu	che lui/che lei, che esso/che essa	che noi	che voi	che loro, che essi/che esse
present	premunìsca	premunìsca	premunìsca	premuniàmo	premuniàte	premunìscano
imperfect	premunìssi	premunìssi	premunìsse	premunìssimo	premunìste	premunìssero
imperative	—	tu	Lei	noi	voi	Loro
		premunìsci	premunìsca	premuniàmo	premunìte	premunìscano
negative imperative		non premunìre	non premunìsca	non premuniàmo	non premunìte	non premunìscano

Derived terms

• premunirsi (“to protect oneself (from); to guard oneself (against); to arm oneself (with)”)