præmature

See also: praemature

English

Adjective

præmature (comparative more præmature, superlative most præmature)

1. Obsolete spelling of premature.
   • 1789, Edward Gibbon, The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, volume VI, page 251:

     Gundamund appeared to emulate, or even to ſurpaſs, the cruelty of his uncle; and, if at length he relented, if he recalled the biſhops, and reſtored the freedom of Athanaſian worſhip, a præmature death intercepted the benefits of his tardy clemency.