Premeditate

//priːˈmɛdɪteɪt// verb

Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    To meditate, consider, or plan beforehand; to think about and revolve in the mind beforehand. ambitransitive

    "[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 my ſelf out of the VVorld; […] nothing lay upon my Mind for ſeveral Days, but to ſhoot my ſelf into the Head vvith my Piſtol."

  2. 2
    think or reflect beforehand or in advance wordnet
  3. 3
    consider, ponder, or plan (an action) beforehand wordnet

Etymology

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

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