premeditate

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb

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

/priːˈmɛdɪteɪt/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-premeditate.wav

premeditate premeditates premeditating premeditated

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

premeditating premeditated premeditation deliberate

premeditately premeditatingly premeditator unpremeditable

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