premeditated
[pri-
med
-i-tey-tid]
/prɪˈmɛd ɪˌteɪ tɪd/
adjective
1.
done deliberately; planned in advance:
a premeditated murder.
Origin
1580-90;
pre-
+
meditate
+
-ed
2
Related forms
premeditatedly,
adverb
unpremeditated,
adjective
Examples from the web for
unpremeditated
There is scarcely one poem by him which is felt to be an outburst of
unpremeditated
, careless lyric rapture.
They have all the charm of
unpremeditated
and unguarded compositions.
British Dictionary definitions for
unpremeditated
unpremeditated
/
ˌʌnprɪˈmɛdɪˌteɪtɪd
/
adjective
1.
not planned beforehand; spontaneous
Derived Forms
unpremeditatedly,
adverb
unpremeditation,
noun
Word Origin and History for
unpremeditated
adj.
1590s, from
un-
(1) "not" + past participle of
premeditate
.