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First published 1986 (DOST Vol. VI).
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Premeditatione, n. [Late ME (1432–50) and e.m.E. premeditation, -acion etc.] Thinking of or meditating upon something in advance, awareness beforehand, forethought. — 1549 Compl. 36/33.
That the varld is neir ane ende, quhilk suld be occasione … til haue premeditatione of the future eternal beatitude Ib. 169/6.
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