premeditate

[ pri-med-i-teyt ]

verb (used with object)

, pre·med·i·tat·ed, pre·med·i·tat·ing.

1. to meditate, consider, or plan beforehand:

   to premeditate a murder.

premeditate

/ prɪˈmɛdɪˌteɪt /

verb

1. to plan or consider (something, such as a violent crime) beforehand

Derived Forms

• preˈmediˌtative, adjective
• preˈmediˌtator, noun
• preˈmediˌtatedly, adverb

Other Words From

• pre·medi·tative adjective
• pre·medi·tator noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of premeditate¹

First recorded in 1540–50; from Latin praemeditātus, past participle of praemeditārī “to contemplate in advance”; pre-, meditate

Synonym Study

See deliberate.

Example Sentences

If we arrange our own exists, we will also premeditate our own agonies.

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Does not Shakspeare himself sometimes premeditate the sheerest bombast!

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It is most plain,” said Euthydemus, “that it is he who deceives with premeditate design.

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