prepense

t. & i. [PREPENSE, a.] A. Trans.: To weigh or consider beforehand; to premeditate. B. In trans.: To deliberate beforehand. ( Spenser : F. Q. , III. xi. 14.) prě-pěnse'-ly, adv. [Eng. prepense; -ly.] In a prepense or premeditated manner; with premed it a tion; deliberately. *pre-pol-lençe, *pre-pol-len-çỹ, s. [Eng. pre pollen (t); -ce, -cy.] The quality or state of being prepollent; superiority of power; predominance, prevalence. "Having a prepollency of good in its effects." - Coventry: Philemon to Hyde , conv. iii.