What does "prepense" mean?

Prepense: To weigh or consider beforehand; to premeditate. [Obs.] Spenser. Sir T. Elyot.

Additional senses

  1. 2.To deliberate beforehand. [Obs.]
  2. 3.Devised, contrived, or planned beforehand; preconceived; premeditated; aforethought; -- usually placed after the word it qualifies; as, malice prepense. This has not arisen from any misrepresentation or error prepense. Southey.

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