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Vinony

premeditate

verb

  1. to meditate, plan beforehand
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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /priːˈmɛdɪteɪt/

verb

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

  1. To meditate, consider, or plan beforehand; to think about and revolve in the mind beforehand.

    “[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.”