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单词 forethink
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forethinkv.

/fɔːˈθɪŋk/
Forms: Also forthink.
Etymology: Old English foreþęnc(e)an , < fore- prefix + þęnc(e)an to think v.2
1. transitive. To consider or think out beforehand, contrive, plan. Obsolete.
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the mind > will > intention > planning > plan [verb (transitive)]
forethinkc897
bethinka1225
compass1297
contrivec1330
ordain1340
conjectc1380
imaginec1380
cast1382
ordaina1387
advisec1400
forecast1413
imagec1450
ordainc1450
project1477
foreminda1535
invent1539
aimc1540
practise1550
plat1556
trive1573
meditate1582
patterna1586
plot1589
platform1592
design1594
chew1600
forelay1605
to map out1618
to cut out1619
agitate1629
laya1631
plod1631
cut1645
calculate1654
concert1702
to scheme out1716
plan1718
model1725
to rough out1738
to lay out1741
plan1755
prethink1760
shape1823
programme1834
pre-plan1847
encompass1882
target1948
the mind > mental capacity > thought > continued thinking, reflection, contemplation > thinking about, consideration, deliberation > consider, deliberate [verb (transitive)] > beforehand
forethinkc897
advise1385
ripea1475
prepense1509
premeditate?1526
forecast1534
prepend1534
precogitate1569
ruminatea1592
preponderate1599
preponder1624
study1663
c897 K. Ælfred tr. Gregory Pastoral Care xv. §5. 95 Se lareow sceal..foreðencean..ðæt he nane ðinga ðæt ryht to suiðe..ne bodige.
a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 845 Our lauerd had ranscond him [sc. man], On suilk a wis, als he for-thoght.
c1430 Pilgr. Lyf Manhode (1869) ii. civ. 141 Ther is no time no thing wel doon..but it be forthouht bi my wit.
a1535 T. More Hist. Richard III in Wks. (1557) 37/2 He long time in king Edwardes life, forethought to be king.
1587 A. Fleming et al. Holinshed's Chron. (new ed.) III. Contin. 1394/1 If he..did now forethinke the treason.
1715 N. Rowe Lady Jane Gray 111 My brain fore~thought And fashion'd every action of my life.
absolute.1634 J. Ford Chron. Hist. Perkin Warbeck iv. sig. H4v Y'are men know how to doe, not to forethinke.
2. To think of or contemplate beforehand; to anticipate in the mind, to presage (evil). Now rare.
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the mind > mental capacity > expectation > foresight, foreknowledge > premonition, presentiment > have a presentiment of [verb (transitive)] > presage > something evil
forethink1557
misbode1626
1557 W. Baldwin & T. Palfreyman Treat. Morall Philos. (new ed.) v. iii. f. 132v Humanitye and gentlenes, wyll rather of a frende hope the best, then forethynke the wurst.
1627 P. Fletcher Locustæ iv. xxxvi Oh how my dauncing heart leapes in my breast But to fore-thinke that noble tragedie.
1724 R. Welton Substance Christian Faith 20 It [is] very unaccountable for a man so little to fore~think what will shortly befall him.
1890 Illustr. London News 4 Oct. 426/2 Each forethinks, as the full cups circle, how well he may take his next meal in Paradise.
3. intransitive. To think beforehand of. Obsolete.
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the mind > mental capacity > thought > continued thinking, reflection, contemplation > thinking about, consideration, deliberation > think about, consider [verb (intransitive)] > beforehand
precogitate1569
forethink1587
preponderate1599
to look ahead1820
1587 R. Greene Euphues sig. I3v Age and time..men may forethink of, but not preuent.
1656 J. Smith Myst. Rhetorique Unvail'd 62 Thou dost not forethink of the difficulty.
1701 J. Norris Ess. Ideal World I. ii. 27 He could not make it without forethinking of it.

Derivatives

foreˈthinking n. forethought; also, †a contrivance, plot.
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1632 T. E. Lawes Womens Rights 352 Felonies..forethinkings, and all that is against the Kings peace.
foreˈthinking adj.
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1709 J. Strype Ann. Reformation xxxi. 360 Concerning which, conscientious and fore~thinking Men had very Melancholy Thoughts.
foreˈthinker n. one who forethinks.
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1846 G. Grote Hist. Greece I. i. iii. 102 Prometheus and Epimetheus the fore~thinker and the after-thinker.
1874 M. Collins & F. Collins Frances I. 182 Hope is the fire that the Forethinker stole.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online March 2021).
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