premeditated
adjective
[ (ˌ)priːˈmɛdɪteɪtɪd ]
• (of an action, especially a crime) thought out or planned beforehand.
• "premeditated murder"
premeditate
verb
• think out or plan (an action, especially a crime) beforehand.
• "apparently he did not premeditate her murder"
Similar:
planned,
intentional,
intended,
deliberate,
pre-planned,
calculated,
cold-blooded,
conscious,
done on purpose,
wilful,
prearranged,
preconceived,
considered,
studied,
purposive,
prepense,
Origin:
mid 16th century (earlier (late Middle English) as premeditation ): from Latin praemeditat- ‘thought out before’, from the verb praemeditari, from prae ‘before’ + meditari ‘meditate’.
