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Definition of prepense - 2 dictionary results

pre⋅pense

  [pri-pens]
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–adjective
planned or intended in advance; premeditated.
Origin:
1695–1705; pre- + -pense < L pēnsus, ptp. of pendere to weigh, consider; see pensive
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pre·pense   (prĭ-pěns')   
adj.  Contemplated or arranged in advance; premeditated: malice prepense.

[From Middle English, past participle of purpensen, to premeditate, from Anglo-Norman purpenser : pur-, before (from Latin pro-; see pro-1) + penser, to think (from Latin pēnsāre; see (s)pen- in Indo-European roots).]
pre·pense'ly adv.
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