Premeditate

5 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Premeditate \Pre*med"i*tate\, v. i.
     To think, consider, deliberate, or revolve in the mind,
     beforehand.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Premeditate \Pre*med"i*tate\, a. [L. praemeditatus, p. p.]
     Premeditated; deliberate. [Archaic] --Bp. Burnet.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  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"

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  26 Moby Thesaurus words for "premeditate":
     calculate, cook up, fix, forethink, frame, frame up, pack,
     pack the deal, plan, plot, prearrange, preconcert, preconsider,
     precontrive, predecide, predesign, predetermine, preorder, prepare,
     preresolve, rig, scheme, set up, sew up, stack the cards,
     work out beforehand