the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
v. To forewarn; to admonish beforehand.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
To forewarn; caution beforehand; notify previously.
To give warning or advice beforehand; forebode.
Word Usage
"As by this fable of the birdes neste, he pretily and aptly doth premonish that hope and confidence of thinges attempted by man, ought to be fixed and trusted in none other but in him selfe."