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Webster 1913 Edition
Premeditation
Pre-medˊi-ta′tion
,Noun.
[L.
praemeditatio
: cf. F. préméditation
.] The act of meditating or contriving beforehand; previous deliberation; forethought.
Webster 1828 Edition
Premeditation
PREMEDITA'TION
,Noun.
1.
The act of meditating beforehand; previous deliberation. A sudden thought may be higher than nature can raise without premeditation.
2.
Previous contrivance or design formed; as the premeditation of a crime.