prepense
planned or intended in advance; premeditated.
Origin of prepense
1Words Nearby prepense
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How to use prepense in a sentence
Before him this legend consisted of half a dozen great divisions—a word which may be used of malice prepense.
The English Novel | George SaintsburyShe'll certainly think I've done it out of malice prepense, as it is.
The War-Workers | E.M. DelafieldThis was no harmless action, it looks like malice prepense, unless indeed they excited her anger unintentionally.
It May Be True Volume 1 of 3 | Mrs. WoodNever again did he employ the type-worn expressions of country journalism, except with set prepense and self-evident satire.
Eugene Field, A Study In Heredity And Contradictions | Slason ThompsonOne man, either through ungovernable passion or malice prepense, takes the life of another.
A Book Written by the Spirits of the So-Called Dead | C. G. Helleberg
British Dictionary definitions for prepense
/ (prɪˈpɛns) /
(postpositive) (usually in legal contexts) arranged in advance; premeditated (esp in the phrase malice prepense)
Origin of prepense
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