premeditate
[verb]
Synonyms: forethink, precogitate, predetermine

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Related Words: prearrange, preplan, set up, predecide, prepare

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premeditate adjective.M16.
[Latin praemeditatus pa. pple of praemeditari: see PREMEDITATE verb, -ATE².]
1. = PREMEDITATED. M16-M18.

2. Using premeditation; considerate, deliberate. Only in L16.

■ premeditately adverb M17-E19.

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premeditate verb. [pri:'mɛdɪteɪt] Pa. t. & pple -ated, -ate. M16.
[Latin praemeditat- pa. ppl stem of praemeditari, from prae PRE- + meditari MEDITATE.]
1. verb trans. Think about with a view to subsequent action; think out beforehand; plan in advance. M16.
■ R. Cobb He had persisted in maintaining that he had premeditated his mother's murder.

2. verb intrans. Deliberate beforehand or in advance. L16.

■ premeditatingly adverb (rare) with or by premeditation M19.

■ premeditative adjective (rare) given to or characterized by premeditation M19.

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