Thesaurus: prepense

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1. v. t. To weigh or consider beforehand; to premeditate.
2. v. i. To deliberate beforehand.
3. v. t. word/devised">Devised, word/contrived">contrived, or planned beforehand; preconceived; premeditated; aforethought; -- usually placed after the word it qualifies; as, malice prepense.
4. To word/weigh">weigh or word/consider">consider beforehand; to premeditate. [Obs.] Spenser. Sir T. Elyot. To deliberate beforehand. [Obs.] Devised, contrived, or planned beforehand; preconceived; premeditated; aforethought; -- usually placed after the word it qualifies; as, malice prepense. This has not arisen from any misrepresentation or error prepense. Southey.
5. To weigh or consider beforehand; to premeditate. [Obs.]Spenser. Sir T. Elyot.
6. v. t. To word/weigh">weigh or word/consider">consider beforehand; to premeditate. v. i. To deliberate beforehand. v. t. Devised, contrived, or planned beforehand; preconceived; premeditated; aforethought; -- usually placed after the word it qualifies; as, malice prepense.