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PREPENSEa.

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

Preconceived; premeditated; aforethought.

Malice prepense is necessary to constitute murder.

PREPENSEv.t.

prepens'. [supra.]

To weigh or consider beforehand. [Not used.]

PREPENSEv.i.

prepens'. To deliberate beforehand. [Not used.]