Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Premeditated"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Premeditate \Pre*med"i*tate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Premeditated}
(-t[=a]`t?d); p. pr. & vb. n. {Premeditating}.] [L.
praemeditatus, p. p. of praemeditari; prae before + meditari
to meditate. See {Meditate}.]
To think on, and revolve in the mind, beforehand; to contrive
and design previously; as, to premeditate robbery.
With words premeditated thus he said. --Dryden.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
premeditated
adj : characterized by deliberate purpose and some degree of
planning; "a premeditated crime" [ant: {unpremeditated}]
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