premeditated
premeditated is the simple past and past participle of premeditate.
Meaning of premeditate
Verb
premeditate (third-person singular simple present premeditates, present participle premeditating, simple past and past participle premeditated)
- 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...1720, [Daniel Defoe], The Life, Adventures, and Pyracies, of the Famous Captain Singleton, London: […] J[ohn] Brotherton, […], J[ohn] Graves […], A[nne] Dodd, […], and T[homas] Warner, […], →OCLC...
Adjective
premeditated (not comparable)
- Planned, considered, or estimated in advance; deliberate.
- premeditated assault
- a premeditated act of aggression
- Synonyms:
- advised, aforethought, forebegotten, foreconceived, preconceived, predesigned, prepense, preplanned
- Antonyms:
- nonpremeditated, unpremeditated
Synonyms of premeditated
Antonyms
Words formed from premeditated
Questions about premeditated
- What does premeditated mean?
- Premeditated means planned, considered, or estimated in advance; deliberate.
- What is premeditated the simple past and past participle of?
- Premeditated is the simple past and past participle of premeditate.
- What part of speech is premeditated?
- Premeditated is an adjective.
Words near premeditated in the dictionary
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