premeditate

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

premeditate
    v 1: consider, ponder, or plan (an action) beforehand;
         "premeditated murder"
    2: think or reflect beforehand or in advance; "I rarely
       premeditate, which is a mistake"

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Premeditate \Pre*med"i*tate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Premeditated}
   (-t[=a]`t?d); p. pr. & vb. n. {Premeditating}.] [L.
   praemeditatus, p. p. of praemeditari; prae before + meditari
   to meditate. See {Meditate}.]
   To think on, and revolve in the mind, beforehand; to contrive
   and design previously; as, to premeditate robbery.
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         With words premeditated thus he said.    --Dryden.
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from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Premeditate \Pre*med"i*tate\, v. i.
   To think, consider, deliberate, or revolve in the mind,
   beforehand.
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from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Premeditate \Pre*med"i*tate\, a. [L. praemeditatus, p. p.]
   Premeditated; deliberate. [Archaic] --Bp. Burnet.
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from Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

26 Moby Thesaurus words for "premeditate":
      calculate, cook up, fix, forethink, frame, frame up, pack,
      pack the deal, plan, plot, prearrange, preconcert, preconsider,
      precontrive, predecide, predesign, predetermine, preorder, prepare,
      preresolve, rig, scheme, set up, sew up, stack the cards,
      work out beforehand

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