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)
- To cogitate beforehand.
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Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for precogitate in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)