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prepense

 Play pre·pense
planned beforehand; premeditated

Origin of prepense

altered from earlier purpensed from Middle English from Old French purpensé, past participle of purpenser, to meditate from pur, pro- + penser from Classical Latin pensare, to think: see pensive


prepense

adjective

Contemplated or arranged in advance; premeditated: malice prepense.

Origin of prepense

From Middle English past participle of purpensen to premeditate from Anglo-Norman purpenser pur- before ( from Latin pro- ; see pro- 1. ) penser to think ( from Latin pēnsāre ; see (s)pen- in Indo-European roots.)

Related Forms:

  • pre·pense′ly

    adverb


prepense

Adjective

(comparative more prepense, superlative most prepense)

  1. Devised, contrived, or planned beforehand; preconceived, premeditated.
Verb

(third-person singular simple present prepenses, present participle prepensing, simple past and past participle prepensed)

  1. (intransitive) To deliberate beforehand.
Origin

Back-formation from prepensed, probably from Anglo-Norman prepenser.


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Words near prepense in the dictionary


  • prepends
  • prepenetration
  • prepenetrations
  • prepenial
  • prepense
  • prepensed
  • prepensely
  • prepenses
  • prepensing
  • preperformance

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