unpremeditate
unpremeditate is the obsolete form of unpremeditated.
Meaning of unpremeditated
Adjective
unpremeditated (not comparable)
- Performed, but not planned or thought out in advance; extemporaneous, but not unintentional.
- Hail to thee, blithe spirit! / Bird thou never wert, / That from heaven, or near it, / Pourest thy full heart / In profuse strains of unpremeditated art.1820 June (date written), Percy Bysshe Shelley, “To a Skylark”, in Prometheus Unbound […], London: C[harles] and J[ames] Ollier […], published 1820, →OCLC, stanza 1, page 201
- Synonyms:
- nonpremeditated
- Antonyms:
- premeditated
Questions about unpremeditate
- What is unpremeditate the obsolete form of?
- Unpremeditate is the obsolete form of unpremeditated.
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