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 Frederick Marryat
Mary returned to the office with a premeditatedly formal air toward Steve.
From The Gorgeous Girl by Nalbro Bartley
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
“Simply because I never premeditatedly, and with malice prepense, bore myself by joining parties composed of persons in whom I have not an atom of interest.”
From Vashti or, Until Death Us Do Part by Augusta J. Evans Wilson
