praemetiri

praemetiri [CL as p. ppl.] 1 to measure (in advance). si quis habet fundare domum, non currit ad actum / impetuosa manus: intrinseca linea cordis / premetitur opus Vinsauf PN 45. 2 to take the measure of, estimate, consider. 1166 ~itur et timet pericula vestra J. Sal. Ep. 184 (174 p. 150); a1182 magna pars prudentie est consulta ratione personam illius cui scribitur ~iri Ib. 143 (209 p. 326); hic premetitur quanta virtute triumphans / de campo veniat in sua regna pugil Garl. Epith. III 529. 3 to take thought for, consider beforehand. libidinis ictibus resistes si exitum tuum ~iaris W. Donc. Aph. Phil. 10. 13e; heu Frigii, gens non premensa futurum! J. Exon. BT III 52; 1304 ~ientes futura vobis mandamus ut ‥ (R. Bury Ep.) FormOx 9.

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