prepense
Americanadjective
adjective
Etymology
Origin of prepense
1695–1705; pre- + -pense < Latin pēnsus, past participle of pendere to weigh, consider; see pensive
Example Sentences
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On this subject he spares no sensibilities, not even his own, minces no words, without malice prepense.
From Time Magazine Archive
She'll certainly think I've done it out of malice prepense, as it is.
From The War-Workers by Delafield, E.M.
"You are clear from all charge of malice prepense," she said.
From Say and Seal, Volume II by Warner, Susan
We have no alternative but to believe you guilty, with deliberate forethought, with ‘malice prepense.’
From Mayne Reid A Memoir of his Life by Reid, Elizabeth
It would need only a little malice prepense to make him out a deserter from the flag, and the fact of his having borne a false name would go far to establish his guilt.
From Regina or the Sins of the Fathers by Sudermann, Hermann
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