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• v  consider, ponder, or plan (an action) beforehand
  premeditated murder
• v  think or reflect beforehand or in advance
  I rarely premeditate, which is a mistake

• Schmidt asked the jury to find that White's "diminished mental capacity" left him unable to premeditate, deliberate, or harbor malice, the standards for first degree murder.
• If the jurors, the defense counsel and the psychiatrists are trying to tell us that Dan White May 28 did not premeditate the senseless killings of Mayor Moscone and Supervisor .
• Said Fuller: "The mentally ill, the insane, can calculate, can plan, can indeed premeditate some of the most bizarre kinds of activities.

News & Articles

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• UPDATE: Testimony portion of Wolter murder trial complete
  Prosecution and defense attorneys this morning continued exhaustive questioning of a prosecution neuropsychologist in an attempt to rebut each other over whether murder defendant Dennis Wolter had the capacity to premeditate the slaying of his girlfriend, Kori Fredericksen, in May 2011.
  June 11, 2013 - The Columbian
• Expert says murder suspect does not have brain damage
  A neuropsychologist testified Monday in Clark County Superior Court that murder defendant Dennis Wolter doesn't have brain damage that would have impaired his ability to premeditate the May 2011 murder of his girlfriend, Kori Fredericksen.
  June 11, 2013 - The Columbian

Quotes

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• Glenn McGrath in CricInfo.com
  I was trying not to premeditate but that's exactly what I was doing,said McGrath as he doled out his batting tips to an amused audience.
• Nick Saban in Tuscaloosa News (subscription)
  We don't premeditate redshirting anyone,Saban said. "If we think they can help us win, we'll play them."
• Nathan Vasher in Chicago Tribune
  [Friday] is the last technical work day of practice,Vasher said, "so we might have to premeditate some stuff."