"premeditate" meaning in English

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Verb

IPA: /priːˈmɛdɪteɪt/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-premeditate.wav Forms: premeditates [present, singular, third-person], premeditating [participle, present], premeditated [participle, past], premeditated [past]
Etymology: Learned borrowing from Latin praemeditātus, past participle of praemeditor (“I premeditate”). By surface analysis, pre- + meditate. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*med-}}, {{lbor|en|la|praemeditātus}} Learned borrowing from Latin praemeditātus, {{surf|en|pre-|meditate}} By surface analysis, pre- + meditate Head templates: {{en-verb}} premeditate (third-person singular simple present premeditates, present participle premeditating, simple past and past participle premeditated)
  1. (transitive, intransitive) To meditate, consider, or plan beforehand; to think about and revolve in the mind beforehand. Tags: intransitive, transitive Related terms: premeditating, premeditated, premeditation, deliberate Translations (to meditate, consider, or plan beforehand): обмислям предварително (obmisljam predvaritelno) (Bulgarian), van tevoren bedenken (Dutch), vorsätzlich planen (German), vorher überlegen (German), im Vorhinein planen (German), im Vorhinein überlegen (German), vorher bedenken (German)

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