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First published 1986 (DOST Vol. VI).
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Quotation dates: 1524-1526, 1590-1692
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Premit, v. Also: premitt, praemit. P.p. premitt-. [e.m.E. (1540, 1608), L. præmittere. (Cf. e.m.E. premise v. (1526).)]
1. tr. a. To set out ‘in the premises’ (Premis(s)is n. pl. 2); to set out above.1524 Selkirk B. Ct. MS fol. 106 b.
Indurand baicht the termes of wodset and assedatioun as is premitit 1525–6 Ib. fol. 116 b.
Premittit 1618 Criminal Trials III 434.
Quhilk being premittit, it is allegit peremptourlie for the pannell, that [etc.] 1642 Justiciary Cases II 543.
Quhilk being premittit it is alledget … that the conclusione of the dittay cannot be sustenit aganis this pannell
b. tr. To state beforehand, set out prior to another statement, premise, preface, prefix.(1) 1590-1 R. Bruce Serm. 34.
I sal presse … to premit certaine things, for the easier understanding of it; And first of all [etc.] 1616–17 Misc. Hist. Soc. X 96.
When the pastor commeth to the pulpit, having first praemitted ane short exhortation … , he beginneth with one of these 1643 Justiciary Cases III 560.
That the protestatioun premittit be the defenderis is altogidder impertinent a1658 Durham Comm. Rev. 132.
Before we give any instances, we would premit some advertisements a1658 Ib. 464.
After the opening of the sixth seal … there is something necessarily premitted for the consolation … of the people … before the seventh seal be opened a1658 Ib. 253, 264. a1658 Id. Scandal (1740) 4. 1669 Fleming Fulfilling Scripture (1801) I 263 (OED). 1687 Shields Hind Let Loose 246.
By what is above premitted, the reader may see [etc.] 1687 Ib. 319, 549. 1688 Sinclair Weather Glass 9.
For answer, I must premit some few things, which do not ordinarly occur 1690 Shields Enquiry Ch. Communion 3.
In prosecuting of this head, I shall first premit some general truths(2) 1610 in Calderwood VII 80.
Where lett me premitt in this place … if N. had sett it doun … it sould [etc.] a1658 Durham Scandal (1740) 293.
In the fourth place, we premit, that for attaining of union [etc.](3) 1605 Forbes Rec. 384.
Our heartillie salutations premitted 1611 Burnett of Leys 38.
Right traist freynd … my hairtiest commendatiounes premittit, I ressavit your letter 1617 Aberd. Council Lett. I 151.
Richt honorable freind my hartliest commendatiounis premitted 1621 Ib. 193.
2. To give (one matter) priority over (to) (another), to put (the first matter) before (to) (the second).1692 M.P. Brown Suppl. Decis. IV 82.
The Lords … would not premit the question of possession to the point of right, but would take them both in together
