1. Characterized by deliberate purpose and some degree of planning
   "a premeditated crime"

1. Think or reflect beforehand or in advance
   "I rarely premeditate, which is a mistake"
    
2. Consider, ponder, or plan (an action) beforehand
   "premeditated murder"

See also: aforethought, intended, planned, plotted

Type of: chew over, consider, contemplate, debate, deliberate, excogitate, meditate, moot, mull, mull over, muse, ponder, reflect, ruminate, speculate, think over, turn over

Antonym: unpremeditated

Encyclopedia: Premeditated