Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for PRE-MED-I-TA'TION
PRE-MED-I-TA'TION, n. [L. præmeditatio.]
- The act of meditating beforehand; previous deliberation. A sudden thought may be higher than nature can raise without premeditation. – Dryden.
- Previous contrivance or design formed; as, the premeditators of a crime.
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