prepense
prepense is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 3 senses, and appears in Roget's Thesaurus (1911) with 40 related terms. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.To weigh or consider beforehand; to premeditate. [Obs.] Spenser. Sir T. Elyot.
- 2.To deliberate beforehand. [Obs.]
- 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.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Synonyms
Related terms (Roget's 1911)
- accord
- advisedly
- aforethought
- all
- autocratic
- beforehand
- bid
- blood
- calculated
- casual
- choice
- cold
- concert
- conclusion
- cunning
- deliberately
- discretion
- discretional
- discretionary
- est
- fate
- foredoom
- free
- good
- head
- intended
- intention
- intentionally
- man
- maturely
- minded
- muss
- necessity
- one
- open
- optional
- original
- out
- own
- pleasure
Source: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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Sources
- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
- Synonyms & antonyms: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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