Premeditate
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /priːˈmɛdɪteɪt/ · Part of speech verb
Quick meaning: Premeditate is a verb meaning (ambitransitive) To meditate, consider, or plan beforehand; to think about and revolve in the mind beforehand.
Meaning
(ambitransitive) To meditate, consider, or plan beforehand; to think about and revolve in the mind beforehand.
Example Sentences
[I]ndeed I began ſincerely to hate my ſelf for a Dog, a VVretch that had been a Thief, and a Murtherer; […] I vvent about vvith my Heart full of theſe Thoughts, little better than a diſtracted Fellovv; in ſhort, running headlong into the dreadfulleſt Deſpair, and premeditated nothing but hovv to rid my ſelf out of the VVorld; […] nothing lay upon my Mind for ſeveral Days, but to ſhoot my ſelf into the Head vvith my Piſtol.
Word Forms
- premeditates
- premeditating
- premeditated
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include prepend, foreconsider, forethink, foremind, prepense, predeliberate.
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