Premeditating

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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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