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▪ I. forethought, n.|ˈfɔəθɔːt|
[f. fore- prefix + thought n.]
1. a. A thinking out or contriving beforehand. (crime, evil, etc.) of forethought, premeditated.
a1300Cursor M. 27661 (Cott.) O nith cums bitternes o thoght..wit wicked for-thoght And conspiraciun. 1692R. L'Estrange Fables ccccxcix, He..is equally Undone, whether it be by a Spitefulness of Forethought, or by the Folly of Oversight. 1788Burke Sp. agst. W. Hastings Wks. XIII. 12 We urge no crimes, that were not crimes of forethought. 1853Whittier My Namesake xix, His good was mainly an intent, His evil not of forethought done.
b. Previous thought or consideration; anticipation; also, a thought beforehand.
a1300Cursor M. 26727 (Cott.) Scrift agh be made wit god for-thoght. c1440Jacob's Well (E.E.T.S.) 172 Ȝif þe contricyoun for þi synne haue a forthowȝt, & be pryue to god alone. 1539Taverner Erasm. Prov. (1552) 3 Better is one forethought than two after. 1626Dk. Buckhm. in Rushw. Hist. Coll. (1659) I. 378 The Earl..nominated the Duke to be his Successor, without the Dukes privity or fore-thought of it. 1650–3tr. Hales' Dissert. de Pace in Phenix (1708) II. 366 These shall..be discarded from the Forethought..of eternal Joy. 1863Geo. Eliot Romola ii. viii, The title which she had never given him before came to her lips without forethought.
†2. A pre-conceived idea or design, an anticipation or forecast. Obs.
a1400in Leg. Rood 145 Alle þe werkes þat I haue wrouht Weore founden in þe ffaderes fore-þouht. c1440York Myst. ii. 74 Þis materis more ȝitt will I mende, so for to fulfill my for-thoght. 1729G. Shelvocke Artillery iv. 217 All these things were only so many Forethoughts of our Hand-Grenado's.
3. Thought for the future, provident care.
1719De Foe Crusoe i. 300 True Seamen are, perhaps, the least of all Mankind given to Fore-thought. 1766Blackstone Comm. II. ii. xi. 172 Formal deeds..are presumed to be made with great caution, fore-thought, and advice. 1875Jowett Plato (ed. 2) IV. 283 Just so much forethought as is necessary to provide for the morrow.
Hence forethoughted a., marked by forethought.
1816L. Hunt Rimini iii. 60 Fore-thoughted chess, and riddle rarely missed.
▪ II. forethought, ppl. a.|ˈfɔəθɔːt|
[pa. pple. of forethink v.]
1. Thought out or contrived beforehand; premeditated; esp. in Law, forethought felony, (of, with, upon) malice forethought. Cf. aforethought.
c1425Wyntoun Cron. vii. ix. 502 Quheþir it wes of reklesnes Or it of forthoucht Felny wes. c1540in Fisher's Wks., Life p. liv, He began..to speake of his forethought divorse with Queene Catherin. 1628Coke On Litt. 287 b, Murder is when one is slaine..with malice prepensed or forethought. 1662Hickeringill Wks. (1716) I. 307 What Rebels shall be hereafter, must needs be so upon malice fore-thought. 1752J. Louthian Form of Process (ed. 2) 103 The Pannel..by Premeditation and forethought Felony..wounded the deceas'd. 1828Scott F.M. Perth xx, A deed of foul and fore-thought murder.
†2. Anticipated. Obs.
1666Spurstowe Spir. Chym. (1668) 108 The stroke of a forethought evil is more gentle and soft than if it were wholly unexpected. |