Definition of premature

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Premature (a.) Happening, arriving, existing, or performed before the proper or usual time; adopted too soon; too early; untimely; as, a premature fall of snow; a premature birth; a premature opinion; premature decay..

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Premature :: Premature (a.) Happening, arriving, existing, or performed before the proper or usual time; adopted too soon; too early; untimely; as, a premature fall of snow; a premature birth; a premature opinion; premature decay..
Warp :: Warp (v. t.) To cast prematurely, as young; -- said of cattle, sheep, etc..
Abortifacient :: Abortifacient (n.) A drug or an agent that causes premature delivery.
Untimely :: Untimely (a.) Not timely; done or happening at an unnatural, unusual, or improper time; unseasonable; premature; inopportune; as, untimely frosts; untimely remarks; an untimely death..
Precocity :: Precocity (n.) The quality or state of being precocious; untimely ripeness; premature development, especially of the mental powers; forwardness..
Prematurity :: Prematurity (n.) The quality or state of being premature; early, or untimely, ripeness; as, the prematurity of genius..
Warp :: Warp (v. i.) To cast the young prematurely; to slink; -- said of cattle, sheep, etc..
Precocious :: Precocious (a.) Ripe or mature before the proper or natural time; early or prematurely ripe or developed; as, precocious trees..
Slink :: Slink (v. t.) To cast prematurely; -- said of female beasts; as, a cow that slinks her calf..
Untimely :: Untimely (adv.) Out of the natural or usual time; inopportunely; prematurely; unseasonably.
Predecay :: Predecay (n.) Premature decay.
Abortive :: Abortive (v.) Produced by abortion; born prematurely; as, an abortive child..
Slink :: Slink (n.) The young of a beast brought forth prematurely, esp. a calf brought forth before its time..
Slink :: Slink (a.) Produced prematurely; as, a slink calf..
Abortive :: Abortive (n.) That which is born or brought forth prematurely; an abortion.
Abort :: Abort (v. i.) To miscarry; to bring forth young prematurely.
Warp :: Warp (v.) A premature casting of young; -- said of cattle, sheep, etc..
Aborted :: Aborted (a.) Brought forth prematurely.
Rickets :: Rickets (n. pl.) A disease which affects children, and which is characterized by a bulky head, crooked spine and limbs, depressed ribs, enlarged and spongy articular epiphyses, tumid abdomen, and short stature, together with clear and often premature mental faculties. The essential cause of the disease appears to be the nondeposition of earthy salts in the osteoid tissues. Children afflicted with this malady stand and walk unsteadily. Called also rachitis..
Slip :: Slip (v. t.) To bring forth (young) prematurely; to slink.
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