premeditate
verb (used with object)
to meditate, consider, or plan beforehand.
premeditatedly
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a word derived from
premeditate.
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a word derived from
premeditated.
premeditatedadjectivedone deliberately; planned in advance.
Example Sentences
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In charging Ryan with “depraved heart” second-degree murder, authorities did not assert that Ryan premeditatedly killed Harris.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 22, 2022
Even Mrs. Sarah Joy Snyder, astute as she was, regarded him keenly, and could not for the life of her tell whether he had come premeditatedly or not.
From The Butterfly House by Paul Julian Meylan
I come premeditatedly to commit an act of mutiny: I give myself up as a prisoner: I desire to be tried by a court-martial.
From Rattlin the Reefer by Frederick Marryat
Gwendolen could dare nothing except an impulsive action—least of all could she dare premeditatedly a vague future in which the only certain condition was indignity.
From Daniel Deronda by George Eliot
The day, however, passed off tolerably well for people who are expected to be premeditatedly happy, and when, in their hearts, they are really more disposed to weep than to laugh.
From Precaution by James Fenimore Cooper
