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premeditation Definition


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premeditate
verb
    1. To plan; to think something out beforehand.
Derivative: premeditated
adj
    Said especially of a crime: planned beforehand.
      Thesaurus: intentional, deliberate, preplanned, planned, willful, conscious, calculated, intended, aforethought, plotted, predetermined, studied, contrived, prearranged; Antonym: spontaneous, impromptu.
Derivative: premeditatedly
adverb
    Derivative: premeditation
    noun
      The act of planning something, especially a crime, beforehand
        Thesaurus: scheming, deliberation, forethought, planning, plotting, willfulness, intention, purpose, design, predetermination, deliberateness, prearrangement; Antonym: impulse, spontaneity.
    Derivative: premeditative
    adj
      Etymology: 16c.



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