Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Premeditately; deliberately.
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- adverb In an
premeditated manner.
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Examples
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The ironic thing for me is that cutting/hurting myself in moments of absolute, irrational despair works, but when i have enough presence of mind to do it "premeditatedly", it doesn't... i think that's kind of like the placebo effect not working once you know it's a placebo...
"Bad Beth" comes out to play; you were warned. Elizabeth McClung 2007
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The Nawab wrote various official letters, complaining in one that Lord Macartney had 'premeditatedly' offered him 'Insults and Indignity,' and in another that he had shown him 'every mark of Insult and Contempt.'
The Story of Madras Glyn Barlow
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I don't believe the actions of sex workers -- such as prostitutes, escorts, many hardcore pornographic films actors or others who exchange sex for pay -- should be prosecuted like those who, for example, premeditatedly park vans with wired propane tanks in the heart of Midtown.
Twanna A. Hines: Sex Bombs and Legalized Prostitution in Times Square Twanna A. Hines 2010
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Batman cannot premeditatedly take a life, while the Joker won't destroy his only worthy adversary (or play thing).
Kevin's Review: The Dark Knight - The Dark Has Never Been So Bright « FirstShowing.net 2008
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If I am right then it appears that the "provocation defence" will be removed from men whilst a woman who cold-bloodedly and pre-premeditatedly kills her "abusive" partner would not be charged with murder.
Archive 2008-07-01 Not a sheep 2008
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I don't believe the actions of sex workers -- such as prostitutes, escorts, many hardcore pornographic films actors or others who exchange sex for pay -- should be prosecuted like those who, for example, premeditatedly park vans with wired propane tanks in the heart of Midtown.
Twanna A. Hines: Sex Bombs and Legalized Prostitution in Times Square 2010
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This is how the "Third" World is kept in poverty, subjugated to the "First" World, whose people purposefully, premeditatedly impoverish and immiserate the people of the "Third" World via depraved indifference in order to serve the plump, plutocratic pleasure of U.S. transnationals, their shareholders and American consumers.
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She premeditatedly lured this child back, a 9-year-old little girl, to murder her, then, according to sources, concealed her body so well cops couldn ` t find it!
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Obama IMHO is that, but more cynically and premeditatedly so.
Top Obama Adviser Hits "The Left Wing Of Our Party" For Criticizing Cabinet Picks 2009
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Ethnic cleansing however is a concept that refers the responsibility for its perpetration to whoever is the decision-maker and those who practiced it premeditatedly in reality and in history.
Chief Palestinian Negotiator to Israel: Acknowledge 'Right of Return' 2008
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