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preconsider, v.|priːkənˈsɪdə(r)|
Also 7 præ-.
[f. pre- A. 1 + consider v.]
trans. To consider beforehand or previously. Hence preconˈsidered, preconˈsidering ppl. adjs.
1647Clarendon Contempl. Ps. Tracts (1727) 393 A stubborn, pertinacious, preconsidered sin. 1670G. H. Hist. Cardinals i. ii. 51 They pray not for the Publick, whose interest is alwayes præ-consider'd by our Saviour. 1671Woodhead St. Teresa i. Pref. 18 Not to go to Prayer, without preconsidering whereon to employ it. 1847Grote Greece ii. xi. III. 175 The new pro-bouleutic or pre-considering senate consisted of 400 members. 1873Holland A. Bonnic. vi, Playing a part, thoroughly pre-considered. 1879Froude Cæsar ii. 8 The Senate was allowed the privilege of preconsidering intended acts of legislation. |