PREPENSE


Meaning of PREPENSE in English

adj. (usu. placed after noun) esp. Law deliberate, intentional (malice prepense).

Derivatives:

prepensely adv.

Etymology: earlier prepensed past part. of obs. prepense (v.) alt. f. earlier purpense f. AF & OF purpenser (as PUR-, penser): see PENSIVE

Oxford English vocab.      Оксфордский английский словарь.