单词 | premeditate |
释义 | † premeditateadj. Obsolete (chiefly poetic in later use). 1. = premeditated adj. 1. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > intention > planning > [adjective] > characterized by or given to premeditation > premeditated forethoughtc1425 precogitatec1475 prepensed1528 foreset?1545 perpensed?c1550 premeditatea1555 premeditated1583 foreplotted1641 precogitateda1652 predeliberated1671 prepense1688 calculated1863 a1555 J. Bradford in J. Strype Eccl. Memorials (1721) III. App. xlv. 128 Neverthelesse I shall declare the premedytate Myschiffe. 1588 W. Lambarde Eirenarcha (new ed.) ii. vii. 239 Manslaughter vpon premeditate malice. 1642 T. Fuller Holy State ii. ix. 82 Not making odious comparisons betwixt..Publick prayer and Private, Premeditate prayer and Extempore. 1700 T. Southerne Fate of Capua i. i. 6 They..resolve On Mischiefs more premeditate and bold. 1752 J. Louthian Form of Process (ed. 2) 80 From a propense and premeditate Malice. 1839 C. A. B. Southey My Evening in Solitary Hours 157 'Twas no act premeditate. 1863 F. Kemble tr. F. Schiller Mary Stuart ii. i. 308 In the park, what hinders that you meet her, When none shall think the act premeditate? 2. = premeditated adj. 2. rare after early 17th cent. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > intention > planning > [adjective] > characterized by or given to premeditation premeditate1592 premeditated1625 premeditative1764 1592 G. Harvey Foure Lett. iii. 16 A premeditate, & resolute minde lightly shaketh off the heauiest crosses of malice. 1597 J. Payne Royall Exchange 40 Studiouse labourers, as premeditate for doctrine and exhortation, and as carefull for good lyfe and conversation. 1625 T. Heywood Funeral Elegie Death King Iames sig. B2 His smooth eloquence, which was innate, But theirs, fore-laboured and premeditate. 1878 W. C. Smith Hilda among Broken Gods in Poet. Wks. (1902) 210 She..went about the house, too, with a look premeditate, Silent, counting all the linens, putting things in drawers away. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2007; most recently modified version published online June 2021). premeditatev. 1. a. transitive. To ponder upon or study with a view to subsequent action; to think out beforehand; (now) esp. to plan in advance. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > intention > planning > plan [verb (transitive)] > think out or plan beforehand purpense1450 prepense1509 premeditate?1526 precogitate1569 cogitate1570 predesign1630 preconsider1647 precontrive1671 preconfigure1809 predeliberate1989 the mind > mental capacity > thought > continued thinking, reflection, contemplation > thinking about, consideration, deliberation > consider, deliberate [verb (transitive)] > beforehand forethinkc897 advise1385 ripea1475 prepense1509 premeditate?1526 forecast1534 prepend1534 precogitate1569 ruminatea1592 preponderate1599 preponder1624 study1663 ?1526 P. Bush Extirpacion of Ignorancy sig. Biii O Salomon salomon, whyle yu dyddest premeditate In thy hert inwardly, god to serue and feare. 1542 T. Becon Newe Pathway vnto Praier ix. sig. Evj All holye & deuoute persons dyd euer premeditate with them selues, wherfore they shoulde pray before they prayed. 1653 H. Cogan tr. F. M. Pinto Voy. & Adventures xli. 161 Mendez, who had long before premeditated his answer. 1719 D. Defoe Life Robinson Crusoe 217 I began now to premeditate the Destruction of the next that I saw there. 1779 B. Franklin Lett. xxxvi The late burning of defenceless Towns in Connecticut..is known to have been premeditated and ordered from England. a1859 J. Austin Lect. Jurispr. (1879) I. xx. 444 When the act is done the party contemplates the consequence, although he has not premeditated the consequence or the act. 1874 A. Trollope Phineas Redux I. xxxiii. 279 Mr. Daubeny hit always as hard as he knew how to hit, having premeditated each blow, and weighed its results beforehand. 1929 S. Leslie Anglo-Catholic xvi. 231 Your Aquin often premeditated modern theories, but he is generally truest..when his followers or commentators try their hardest to explain him away. 1985 R. Cobb Classical Educ. viii. 106 He had premeditated his mother's murder and had carefully planned every stage of it. 2002 Baltimore Sun (Nexis) 18 July 16 a How could he premeditate his actions unless he knew he would be robbed on that day? ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > expectation > foresight, foreknowledge > anticipation, forecast > anticipate, forecast [verb (transitive)] to cast dangerc1449 forecasta1513 preventa1533 foredeem1542 premeditate1566 foretake1588 fore-run1591 foreprise1597 to lay one's account with (also on, for)1606 foreguess1640 prospect1652 precalculate1840 pre-empt1928 second-guess1941 1566 in J. H. Burton Reg. Privy Council Scotl. (1877) 1st Ser. I. 473 That all troubill and occasioun of disordour be afoirhand foirsene and premiditat. 1829 E. Bulwer-Lytton Devereux III. vi. iv. 195 You premeditated me, by giving me your confidence. 2. intransitive. To deliberate beforehand or in advance. Frequently with on, †of. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > intention > planning > plan [verb (intransitive)] > deliberate beforehand imaginec1400 premeditate1586 predeliberate1657 1586 G. Pettie & B. Yong tr. S. Guazzo Ciuile Conuersat. (rev. ed.) iv. f. 204v While the men propowned their conceites, you (faire Ladies) may haue time to premeditate and thinke on yours [Fr. temps d'y penser; It. tempo di pensarui]. 1647 in S. Tymms Wills & Inventories Bury St. Edmunds (1850) 195 It is the dutie therefore of euerie christian soe to premeditate of that day, and soe to dispose of his earthly affaires, that he may be allwayes in a readinesse. 1685 C. Cotton tr. M. de Montaigne Ess. (1711) I. xix. 98 To premeditate is doubtless a very great advantage. 1784 T. Lloyd Advantages Public Educ. 19 The Apostles and first ministers of the Gospel had no need to study or premeditate, but they spake as the spirit gave them utterance. 1849 G. P. R. James Woodman I. xi. 246 I never premeditate, dear lady. 1923 Jrnl. Amer. Inst. Criminal Law & Criminology 14 47 The legal presumption of insanity is the assumption that the accused had not the mental capacity to..deliberate and premeditate on an act. 1979 Ethnomusicology 23 329 Do men and women discuss the images in these songs and premeditate on them communally? 2004 Philadelphia Daily News (Nexis) 30 Mar. 8 He did more than premeditate. He killed her. ΚΠ 1590 Queen Elizabeth I Let. 1 Apr. in G. Tolstoy 1st 40 Yrs. Intercourse Eng. & Russ. (1875) 368 We take hold of your loving consideracion..and will premydytatt the best of you. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.a1555v.?1526 |
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