PREPENSES

Verb

prepenses

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of prepense

Source: Wiktionary


PREPENSE

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



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