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premeditated

/pɹiˈmɛdəˌteɪtɪd/

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What does premeditated mean?

verb

  1. simple past and past participle of premeditate

adjective

  1. Planned, considered, or estimated in advance; deliberate.

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IPA pronunciation

/pɹiˈmɛdəˌteɪtɪd/

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The premeditated human contrivance of the nose-ring was too cunning for impulsive brute force, and the creature flinched.
Thomas HardyThe Mayor of CasterbridgeProject Gutenberg ebook #143
From Fort Watson to the lower bridge, he had not advanced more than forty miles on his premeditated route to join Doyle.
William Dobein JamesA Sketch of the Life of Brig. Gen. Francis Marion and a History of His BrigadeProject Gutenberg ebook #923
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This was a genuine premeditated charge, as opposed to a blind rush, and it is offered as a good example of the sort.
Stewart Edward WhiteThe Land of FootprintsProject Gutenberg ebook #1378
In short, a whole province was, by the common usage, at once brought to a course nothing inferior in undauntedness to the most studied and premeditated resolution.
Michel de MontaigneEssays of Michel de Montaigne — CompleteTranslated by Charles CottonProject Gutenberg ebook #3600
We must ask whether the witness’s impression was that an attack was dangerous, a threat serious, a blackmail conceivable, a brawl intentional, a gesture insulting, an assault premeditated.
Hans GrossCriminal Psychology: A Manual for Judges, Practitioners, and StudentsTranslated by Horace Meyer KallenProject Gutenberg ebook #1320