PREPENSE

Etymology

Adjective

prepense

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

Verb

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

(obsolete, transitive) To weigh or consider beforehand; to consider.

(intransitive) To deliberate beforehand.

Source: Wiktionary

Pre*pense", v. t. Etym: [Pref. pre + F. penser to think. See Pansy.]

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

Pre*pense", v. i.

Definition: To deliberate beforehand. [Obs.]

Pre*pense", a. Etym: [See Pansy, and cf. Prepense, v. t.]

Definition: 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