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prepense

adjective

[L. proepensus, proependeo; proe and pendeo, to incline to hand down.]

prepens’. Preconceived; premeditated; aforethought. Malice prepense is necessary to constitute murder.

verb transitive

prepens’. To weigh or consider beforehand.

verb intransitive

prepens’. To deliberate beforehand.