PREPENSE, adjective prepens'. [Latin proepensus, proependeo; proe and pendeo, to incline to hand down.] Preconceived; premeditated; aforethought. Malice prepense is necessary to constitute murder. PREPENSE, verb transitive prepens'. [supra.] To weigh or consider beforehand. [Not used.] PREPENSE, verb intransitive prepens'. To deliberate beforehand. [Not used.]
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