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prepense
[ pri-pens ]
adjective
- planned or intended in advance; premeditated.
prepense
/ prɪˈpɛns /
adjective
- postpositive (usually in legal contexts) arranged in advance; premeditated (esp in the phrase malice prepense )
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Word History and Origins
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Word History and Origins
Origin of prepense1
C18: from Anglo-Norman purpensé, from Old French purpenser to consider in advance, from penser to think, from Latin pēnsāre to weigh, consider
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Example Sentences
Before him this legend consisted of half a dozen great divisions—a word which may be used of malice prepense.
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She'll certainly think I've done it out of malice prepense, as it is.
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This was no harmless action, it looks like malice prepense, unless indeed they excited her anger unintentionally.
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Never again did he employ the type-worn expressions of country journalism, except with set prepense and self-evident satire.
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One man, either through ungovernable passion or malice prepense, takes the life of another.
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