premeditativeadj.
/ˌpriːˈmɛdᵻtətɪv/, /prᵻˈmɛdᵻtətɪv/, U.S. /priˈmɛdəˌteɪdɪv/ Characterized by or given to premeditation; planned or contemplated in advance.
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the mind > will > intention > planning > [adjective] > characterized by or given to premeditation
premeditate1592
premeditated1625
premeditative1764
1764 R. Griffith Triumvirate II. cxliv. 159 This would have been morally premeditative.
1825 Ohio Repository 1 Dec. 2/1 You have been found guilty of having ‘of deliberate and premeditative malice’ murdered William Cartmill.
1858 H. Bushnell Nature & Supernat. (1862) vii. 137 Every first thing accordingly shows some premeditative token of every last.
1890 Jrnl. Anthropol. Inst. 19 56 This would ensure for them a general care and attention which would tend to avert the ‘evil eye’..and even the premeditative gaze of the designing culprit.
1904 Westm. Gaz. 23 Apr. 2/1 A telling meeting of extremes—the most premeditative classic revivalists by the most ‘instantaneous’ of the moderns.
1970 Western Polit. Q. 23 819 There is less competition between groups (leaders) and interaction is premeditative.
1992 L. W. Klemke Sociol. of Shoplifting iv. 70 Snitches are described by Cameron as chronic, premeditative shoplifters.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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