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premeditate

[ pri-med-i-teyt ]

verb (used with object)

premeditated, premeditating.
  1. to meditate, consider, or plan beforehand:

    to premeditate a murder.



premeditate

/ ɪˈɛɪˌٱɪ /

verb

  1. to plan or consider (something, such as a violent crime) beforehand
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Derived Forms

  • ˈ徱ˌٲپ, adjective
  • ˈ徱ˌٲٴǰ, noun
  • ˈ徱ˌٲٱ, adverb
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Other 51Թ Forms

  • ·i·ٲt adjective
  • ·i·ٲtǰ noun
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of premeditate1

First recorded in 1540–50; from Latin 𳾱徱ٳܲ, past participle of 𳾱徱ī “to contemplate in advance”; pre-, meditate
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Attorney General Pam Bondi said in a statement on Tuesday that she had directed federal prosecutors to seek the penalty for the "premeditated, cold-blooded assassination".

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In remarks prepared for the sentencing hearing, Sarah Jones KC, prosecuting, said the murder was "premeditated" with the defendant's misogyny as a possible motive.

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Velasquez entered his no contest plea in August and, as a result, premeditated attempted murder charges against him were dropped, meaning he no longer faced a possible life sentence.

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And so camera location and camera movement was really kind of premeditated.

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She said it was "not an act of impulse; it was premeditated".

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