A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
Hide Quotations Hide Etymology
About this entry:
First published 1986 (DOST Vol. VI).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.
Premitting, vbl. n. Presenting beforehand, stating in advance. —a1658 Durham Comm. Rev. 263.
There is much … wisdom in His premitting commendations, in his differencing the guilty from the innocent
