See Also: prepense(1)(dictionary)
prepense(2)(dictionary)
PREPENSE(law)

prepense(2) (iou)



prepense adjective. E18.
[Alt. of earlier prepensed pa. pple of PREPENSE verb, after Latin pa. pples in -ensus.]
Considered and planned beforehand; premeditated, deliberate. Chiefly in malice prepense (Law), malice aforethought. Cf. PROPENSE 3. E18.
joc.: L. Stephen He..plunges into slang, not irreverently..but of malice prepense.
Of a person: acting with intention, deliberate. rare. L19.
G. Macdonald He was an orator wilful and prepense.
prepensely adverb M19.