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noun
1.
an act or instance of premeditating.
2.
Law. sufficient forethought to impute deliberation and intent to commit the act.
Origin:
1400–50; late Middle English < Latin praemeditātiōn- (stem of praemeditātiō) a considering beforehand. See premeditate, -ion
1400–50; late Middle English < Latin praemeditātiōn- (stem of praemeditātiō) a considering beforehand. See premeditate, -ion
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Premeditation
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Word Origin & History
premeditation
early 15c., from L. præmeditationem (nom. præmeditatio) "consideration beforehand," from præmeditatus, pp. of præmeditari "to consider beforehand," from præ- "before" + meditari "to consider" (see meditation). Premeditated is recorded from 1580s.
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