Defn: To note or designate beforehand. Foxe.
PRENOTION
Pre*no"tion n. Etym: [L. praenotio: cf. F. prénotion. See Prenostic.]
Defn: A notice or notion which precedes something else in time; previous notion or thought; foreknowledge. Bacon.
PRENSATION Pren*sa"tion, n. Etym: [L. prensatio, from prensare, prehensare, v. freq. from prehendere to seize.]
Defn: The act of seizing with violence. [Obs.] Barrow .
PRENTICE
Pren"tice, n. Etym: [Aphetic form of apprentice.]
Defn: An apprentice. [Obs. or Colloq.] Piers Plowman. "My accuser is my prentice." Shak.
PRENTICEHOOD
Pren"tice*hood (, n.
Defn: Apprenticehood. [Obs.] This jolly prentice with his master bode Till he was out nigh of his prenticehood. Chaucer.
PRENTICESHIP
Pren"tice*ship, n.