Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for PRE-PENSE
PRE-PENSE, a. [prepens'; L. præpensus, præpendeo; præ and pendeo, to incline or hang down.]
Preconceived; premeditated; aforethought. Malice prepense is necessary to constitute murder. – Blackstone.
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