premeditate

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premeditate

/priːˈmɛdɪteɪt/

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Learned borrowing from Latin praemeditātus, past participle of praemeditor (“to premeditate”). By surface analysis, pre- + meditate.

verb premeditates · premeditating · premeditated

ambitransitive To meditate, consider, or plan beforehand; to think about and revolve in the mind beforehand. [I]ndeed I began ſincerely to hate my ſelf for a Dog, a VVretch that had been a Thief, and a Murtherer; […] I vvent about vvith my Heart full of theſe Thoughts, little better than a diſtracted Fellovv; in ſhort, running headlong into the dreadfulleſt Deſpair, and premeditated nothing but hovv to rid

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verb to meditate, consider, or plan beforehand

Deutsch	vorsätzlich planen, vorher überlegen, im Vorhinein planen, im Vorhinein überlegen, vorher bedenken

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@misc{premeditate_2026,
  title = {premeditate},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/premeditate},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}