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
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 Marryat, Frederick
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 Meylan, Paul Julian
How long she had been awake he could only conjecture, but evidently her patience had at last been exhausted, and she had set about premeditatedly to arouse him.
From Tin-Types Taken in the Streets of New York A Series of Stories and Sketches Portraying Many Singular Phases of Metropolitan Life by Beard, Harry
You asked me, Sir, when in town, if a brave man could be a premeditatedly base one?—Generally speaking, I believe bravery and baseness are incompatible.
From Clarissa Harlowe; or the history of a young lady — Volume 9 by Richardson, Samuel
