premeditate

Meanings

1. 1
   verb

   think or reflect beforehand or in advance

   I rarely premeditate, which is a mistake.

2. 2
   verb

   consider, ponder, or plan an action beforehand

   They premeditated the murder.

Learned borrowing from Latin praemeditātus, past participle of praemeditor (“to premeditate”). By surface analysis, pre- + meditate.

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