malice+prepense
11malice — The intentional doing of a wrongful act without just cause or excuse, with an intent to inflict an injury or under circumstances that the law will imply an evil intent. A condition of mind which prompts a person to do a wrongful act willfully,… …
12prepense — /prəˈpɛns/ (say pruh pens) adjective premeditated: malice prepense. {earlier prepenst, prepensed, past participle of obsolete prepense meditate beforehand; replacing Middle English purpense, from Old French} …
13prepense — 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… …
14malice — /ˈmæləs / (say maluhs) noun 1. desire to inflict injury or suffering on another. 2. Law evil intent on the part of someone who commits a wrongful act injurious to others, technically called malitia praecogitata, or malice prepense or malice… …
15malice — Synonyms and related words: Anglophobia, Russophobia, abhorrence, abomination, animosity, animus, antagonism, anti Semitism, antipathy, aversion, bane, belligerence, bigotry, bile, bitchiness, bitterness, clash, clashing, collision, conflict,… …
16prepense — adjective Etymology: by shortening & alteration from earlier purpensed, from Middle English, past participle of purpensen to deliberate, premeditate, from Anglo French purpenser, from pur thoroughly + penser to think more at purchase, pensive… …
17malice aforethought — Law. a predetermination to commit an unlawful act without just cause or provocation (applied chiefly to cases of first degree murder). Also called malice prepense. [1660 70] * * * …
18prepense — [prē pens′] adj. [altered < earlier purpensed < ME < OFr purpensé, pp. of purpenser, to meditate < pur, pro + penser < L pensare, to think: see PENSIVE] planned beforehand; premeditated: see MALICE …
19malice — n. 1 a the intention to do evil. b a desire to tease, esp. cruelly. 2 Law wrongful intention, esp. as increasing the guilt of certain offences. Phrases and idioms: malice aforethought (or prepense) Law the intention to commit a crime, esp. murder …
20malice aforethought — mal′ice afore′thought n. law a predetermination to commit an unlawful act without just cause or provocation. Also called mal′ice prepense′ • Etymology: 1660–70 …
