Wordnet 3.0
VERB (2)
1.
consider, ponder, or plan (an action) beforehand;
- Example: "premeditated murder"2.
think or reflect beforehand or in advance;
- Example: "I rarely premeditate, which is a mistake"
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
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.
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With words premeditated thus he said. --Dryden.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Premeditate \Pre*med"i*tate\, v. i.
To think, consider, deliberate, or revolve in the mind,
beforehand.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Premeditate \Pre*med"i*tate\, a. [L. praemeditatus, p. p.]
Premeditated; deliberate. [Archaic] --Bp. Burnet.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
premeditate
v 1: consider, ponder, or plan (an action) beforehand;
"premeditated murder"
2: think or reflect beforehand or in advance; "I rarely
premeditate, which is a mistake"