Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Premeditately; deliberately; purposely; intentionally.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adverb In a premeditated manner.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adverb In a
premeditated manner.
Etymologies
Sorry, no etymologies found.
Support
Help support Wordnik (and make this page ad-free) by adopting the word prepensely.
Examples
-
Shakespeare, as under the guidance at once for good and for evil of his alternately Socratic and Swiftian familiar, has set himself as if prepensely and on purpose to brutalise the type of Achilles and spiritualise the type of Ulysses.
A Study of Shakespeare Algernon Charles Swinburne 1873
Comments
Log in or sign up to get involved in the conversation. It's quick and easy.