Definition of "premeditating" []

• Present participle of premeditate. (verb)

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• "To him, who had hitherto been only a hero by simple accident, the idea of premeditating any act that would distinguish him, only brought a fresh shadow upon the horizon of his future; and he would gladly have resigned the honours he had already gained for leave to escape being the candidate for new ones."
• "In the match, he appeared to rewrite the rules of what was possible at the crease by essentially premeditating every shot, switching between left- and right-handed at will and just whacking it wherever he fancied."
• "Were most of the perpetrators' unemployed or did they plan to shoot or kill someone because they were already premeditating an act of violence?"