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▪ I. † preˈcogitate, ppl. a. Sc. Obs. rare. [ad. L. præcōgitātus, pa. pple. of præcōgitāre: see next.] = precogitated.
1573Morton in Cal. Scott. Papers (1905) IV. 516 They fund the wind favorable to the executioun of thair precogitat mischeif. 1664Judiciary Rec. (S.H.S.) 101 Francis Crichton without any provocation and forethought felony and precogitate malice drew his sword. ▪ II. precogitate, v. Now rare.|priːˈkɒdʒɪteɪt| [f. L. præcōgitāt-, ppl. stem of præcōgitāre, f. præ, pre- A. 1 + cōgitāre to think, cogitate: see -ate3.] trans. and intr. To cogitate, think, or think over beforehand; to consider beforehand, premeditate. Hence preˈcogitated ppl. a.
1611Cotgr., Precogiter, to precogitate, premeditate, thinke of beforehand. 1639G. Daniel Ecclus. xviii. 62 Precogitate thy vowes; and doe not Say From a fantastick humor, what will rise. a1652Brome Mad Couple iii. i. Wks. 1873 I. 56, I must come on her with a little wit though, for which I will precogitate. 1657M. Hawke Killing is M. Introd. It is Murder in any private Person upon precogitated malice to kill any private Man. |