premeditate
English edit
Etymology edit
Learned borrowing from Latin praemeditātus, past participle of praemeditor (“I premeditate”). By surface analysis, pre- + meditate.
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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.
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Translations edit
to meditate, consider, or plan beforehand
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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