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prepensing

prepensing is the present participle and gerund of prepense.

Meaning of prepense

Verb

prepense (third-person singular simple present prepenses, present participle prepensing, simple past and past participle prepensed)

  1. (obsolete, transitive) To weigh or consider beforehand; to intend.
    • All these thinges prepensed and gathered together seriously1531, Thomas Elyot, The Boke Named the Governour […], London: […] Tho[mas] Bertheleti, →OCLC
  2. (obsolete) To deliberate beforehand.

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Questions about prepensing

What is prepensing the present participle and gerund of?
Prepensing is the present participle and gerund of prepense.

Words near prepensing in the dictionary

  1. prepenial
  2. prepense
  3. prepensed
  4. prepensely
  5. prepenses
  6. prepensing
  7. prepensive
  8. prepenultimate
  9. prepeptide
  10. prepeptides
  11. preperceive

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