Category:Prepense

Pre*pense", v. t. Etym: [pref. pre + f. penser to think. See pansy.]

Defn: to weigh or consider beforehand; to premeditate. [obs.] Spenser. Sir t. Elyot.

Prepense Pre*pense", v. i.

Defn: to deliberate beforehand. [obs.]

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

Defn: 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.