premeditate
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Learned borrowing from Latin praemeditātus, past participle of praemeditor (“I premeditate”). By surface analysis, pre- + meditate.
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /priːˈmɛdɪteɪt/
Audio (Southern England): (file)
Verb
[edit]premeditate (third-person singular simple present premeditates, present participle premeditating, simple past and past participle premeditated)
- (transitive, intransitive) To meditate, consider, or plan beforehand; to think about and revolve in the mind beforehand.
Related terms
[edit]Translations
[edit]to meditate, consider, or plan beforehand
See also
[edit]Italian
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]Adjective
[edit]premeditate f
Participle
[edit]premeditate f pl
Etymology 2
[edit]Verb
[edit]premeditate
- inflection of premeditare:
Spanish
[edit]Verb
[edit]premeditate
- second-person singular voseo imperative of premeditar combined with te
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