PREMEDITATE • FREE TRANSLATOR.ORG • Definition of Premeditate

... of a Clubbed Thumb could not, however, plan out or premeditate a crime, for he would not have the determined Will or power of reason to ...

— Palmistry for All • Cheiro

... consideration. The great question of the day was manifestly the Devincq election; it was clear that the Government was only thinking of that matter. As to a conspiracy against the Republic and against the People, how could any one premeditate such a plot? Where was the man capable of entertaining such a dream? For a tragedy there must be an actor, and here assuredly the actor was wanting. To outrage Right, to suppress the Assembly, to abolish the Constitution, ...

— The History of a Crime - The Testimony of an Eye-Witness • Victor Hugo