I.v. dep. a., to think over, to muse or deliberate upon beforehand, to premeditate (class.).
(β).
With relative - clause: “praemeditari, quo animo accedam ad Urbem,” Cic. Att. 6, 3, 4; Auct. Her. 2, 5, 8.—
(γ).
Absol.: “tentans citharam et praemeditans,” preluding, Tac. A. 14, 15. —Hence, in pass. signif.: praemĕdĭtā-tus , a, um, previously considered, premeditated: “mala praemeditata,” Cic. Tusc. 3, 15, 32: “nihil cogitati praemeditatique,” Quint. 4, 5, 2; 5, 13, 3.