precogitation

English

Etymology

Latin praecogitatio.

Noun

precogitation (countable and uncountable, plural precogitations)

1. Previous cogitation.
   • 1680, John Monson, A Discourse Concerning Supreme Power and Common Right:

     the long precogitation upon any sin

References

• “precogitation”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.