Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

prepense

/pɹɪˈpɛns/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: prepense
IPA: /pɹɪˈpɛns/

12

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

1

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Devised, contrived, or planned beforehand; preconceived, premeditated.

verb

To weigh or consider beforehand; to intend.

Obsolete; Transitive verb

verb

To deliberate beforehand.

Obsolete

Example Sentences

"All these thinges prepensed and gathered together seriously"
"submit you to high prouidence, / And euer in your noble hart prepense, / That all the sorrow in the world is lesse, / Then vertues might [...]."

Etymology

Back-formation from prepensed, probably from Anglo-Norman prepenser.

Usage

Inflected Forms

prepenses (present, singular) prepensing (participle, present) prepensed (participle, past) prepensed (past)

Derived Forms

prepensely

Phrases

malice prepense

Frequently Paired Words

malice prepense

Rhymes With

sense defense defence intense hence offense expense fence dense tense immense pence

Questions

How do you pronounce prepense?: The recorded pronunciation is /pɹɪˈpɛns/.
What does prepense mean?: Devised, contrived, or planned beforehand; preconceived, premeditated.
Where does prepense come from?: Back-formation from prepensed, probably from Anglo-Norman prepenser.

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