precogitate

English

Etymology

From Latin praecogitatus, past participle of praecogitare. See pre- and cogitate.

Verb

precogitate (third-person singular simple present precogitates, present participle precogitating, simple past and past participle precogitated)

1. To cogitate beforehand.
   • 1627, William PRYNNE, The Perpetuitie of a Regenerate Mans Estate; wherein it is manifestly proved ... That such as are once truly regenerated ... can neither finally nor totally fall from grace, etc, page 312:

     […] without any precogitated and resolved mallice

References

• “precogitate”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.