precogitate

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin praecōgitātus, perfect passive participle of praecōgitō, see -ate (verb-forming suffix) for more. By surface analysis, pre- +‎ cogitate.

Verb

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

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.