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Premeditate

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

v. To plan, arrange, or plot (a crime, for example) in advance.

verb-intransitive. To reflect, ponder, or deliberate beforehand.

Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

v. To plan ahead of time.

the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

v. To think on, and revolve in the mind, beforehand; to contrive and design previously.

verb-intransitive. To think, consider, deliberate, or revolve in the mind, beforehand.

adj. Premeditated; deliberate.

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

To meditate beforehand; think about and contrive previously; precogitate.

To meditate beforehand; deliberate upon future action.

Contrived by previous thought; premeditated.

Using premeditation; disposed to premeditate.

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

v. consider, ponder, or plan (an action) beforehand

v. think or reflect beforehand or in advance

Word Usage

"Men in these cases made the decision to commit murder, and in many cases, it was premeditate, meaning they thought long and hard of what they intended to do, and planned their courses of action."

Verb Form

premeditated premeditates premeditating

Hypernym

Words that are more generic or abstract

moot consider debate deliberate turnover

Form

premeditated premeditating

Synonym

Words with the same meaning

premeditated deliberate play

Rhyme

Words with the same terminal sound

meditate