† fore-plotn.
Obsolete.
Premeditation. Similarly foreˈplot v. to contrive beforehand. foreˈplotted adj.
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the mind > will > intention > planning > [noun] > premeditation
aforethoughta1400
forethoughta1400
premeditation?a1475
designment1570
preconsideration1593
predeliberationa1631
fore-plot1641
premeditatedness1659
design1665
precausation1670
contrivance1695
preconfiguration1830
precontrivance1832
designfulness1867
the mind > will > intention > planning > [adjective] > characterized by or given to premeditation > premeditated
forethoughtc1425
precogitatec1475
prepensed1528
foreset?1545
perpensed?c1550
premeditatea1555
premeditated1583
foreplotted1641
precogitateda1652
predeliberated1671
prepense1688
calculated1863
1641 W. Prynne Antipathie 10 Which fore-plotted treason was the occasion of this Vision.
1647 N. Bacon Hist. Disc. Govt. 99 Which last they called Abere murther, or murther by foreplot or treachery.
1655 T. Fuller Church-hist. Brit. vi. 315 His Wife..might..be presumed honest, if such a fore-plotted occasion had not debauched her.
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