Prepense

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This word is acceptable for play in the US & UK dictionaries that are being used in the following games:

The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • adj. Contemplated or arranged in advance; premeditated: malice prepense.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adj. Devised, contrived, or planned beforehand; preconceived, premeditated.
  • v. To weigh or consider beforehand; to consider.
  • v. To deliberate beforehand.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • v. To weigh or consider beforehand; to premeditate.
  • verb-intransitive. To deliberate beforehand.
  • adj. Devised, contrived, or planned beforehand; preconceived; premeditated; aforethought; -- usually placed after the word it qualifies.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To consider beforehand; think upon in advance.
  • To plan or devise beforehand; contrive previously.
  • To reflect or meditate beforehand.
  • Considered and planned beforehand; premeditated; purposed; intentional: generally in the phrase malice prepense (formerly also prepensed malice).
    • Word Usage
    "“My charity I own cannot invent an excuse for the prepense malice with which the character and service of this gentleman are murdered,” Madison wrote of Morris in June."
    Cross Reference
    malice prepense   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    premeditate    preconceived    premeditated    aforethought    deliberate   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    travestie    augmente    {i    acquireth    self-reference   
     
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