PREMEDITATE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does premeditate mean? 

• PREMEDITATE (verb)
  The verb PREMEDITATE has 2 senses:

1. consider, ponder, or plan (an action) beforehand

2. think or reflect beforehand or in advance

  Familiarity information: PREMEDITATE used as a verb is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PREMEDITATE (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they premeditate    ... he / she / it premeditates   
Past simple: premeditated   
Past participle: premeditated   
-ing form: premeditating   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Consider, ponder, or plan (an action) beforehand

Classified under:

Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting

Context example:

premeditated murder

Hypernyms (to "premeditate" is one way to...):

consider; debate; deliberate; moot; turn over (think about carefully; weigh)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

premeditation ((law) thought and intention to commit a crime well in advance of the crime; goes to show criminal intent)

premeditation (planning or plotting in advance of acting)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Think or reflect beforehand or in advance

Classified under:

Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting

Context example:

I rarely premeditate, which is a mistake

Hypernyms (to "premeditate" is one way to...):

chew over; contemplate; excogitate; meditate; mull; mull over; muse; ponder; reflect; ruminate; speculate; think over (reflect deeply on a subject)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s

 Context examples 

And yet this woman—who knows what her art may have been? —how long it may have been premeditated, and how deeply contrived by her!

(Sense and Sensibility, by Jane Austen)

You wanted me, I know, to say 'Yes,' that you might have the pleasure of despising my taste; but I always delight in overthrowing those kind of schemes, and cheating a person of their premeditated contempt. I have, therefore, made up my mind to tell you, that I do not want to dance a reel at all—and now despise me if you dare.

(Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen)