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单词 forethought
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forethoughtn.

Brit. /ˈfɔːθɔːt/, U.S. /ˈfɔrˌθɔt/, /ˈfɔrˌθɑt/
Etymology: < fore- prefix + thought n.
1.
a. A thinking out or contriving beforehand. (crime, evil, etc.) of forethought, premeditated.
ΘΚΠ
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 > mental capacity > thought > continued thinking, reflection, contemplation > thinking about, consideration, deliberation > [noun] > consideration beforehand
forethoughta1400
premeditationc1450
precogitation1596
precogitancy?a1645
prepense1847
the world > action or operation > manner of action > care, carefulness, or attention > caution > [noun] > prudence > forethought
forethoughta1400
foresight1430
forehandedness1840
far-sightedness1846
the mind > will > intention > [adjective] > performed with intention
bethoughtc1200
expressa1400
wilfula1400
purposedc1422
purpensed1436
malice prepensed1454
aforethought1472
studiedc1475
setc1485
voluntary1495
deliberate?1527
willing1550
witting1553
propensed1560
fore-intendeda1586
affected1586
designed1586
determinate1586
intended1592
deliberated1594
uncasual1614
recollecteda1616
resolved1624
industriousa1628
intentionate1631
pre-intended1636
advised1642
malice prepense1647
sedentary1647
propense1650
consultive1651
(crime, evil, etc.) of forethought1692
conscious1726
intentionala1729
systematic1746
studious1750
systematical1750
prepensive1752
advertent1832
self-conscious1832
volitive1839
designful1852
purposeful1853
purposive1864
thought-controlled1926
the mind > mental capacity > thought > continued thinking, reflection, contemplation > thinking about, consideration, deliberation > [adjective] > weighed mentally, considered
counterpoised1477
beholden1530
concoct1534
pensive1575
meditate1588
meditated1588
considered1604
ruminated1605
(crime, evil, etc.) of forethought1692
thought-out1833
ponderated1892
ponderate1922
thought-through1922
a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 27661 O nith cums bitternes o thoght..wit wicked for-thoght, And conspiraciun.
1692 R. L'Estrange Fables ccccxcix He..is equally Undone, whether it be by a Spitefulness of Forethought, or by the Folly of Oversight.
1788 E. Burke Speech against W. Hastings in Wks. (1822) XIII. 12 We urge no crimes, that were not crimes of forethought.
1853 J. G. Whittier 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.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > expectation > foresight, foreknowledge > anticipation, forecast > [noun]
forecastinga1529
foreguessing1548
prevening1557
prejudice1560
prolepsis1578
foredeeming1587
forestalment1611
forestalling1641
forethought1653
anticipation1711
pre-empting1857
precasting1863
second-guessing1946
a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 26727 Scrift agh be made wit god for-thoght.
c1450 Jacob's Well (1900) 172 Ȝif þe contricyoun for þi synne haue a forthowȝt, & be pryue to god alone.
1545 R. Taverner tr. Erasmus Prouerbes (new ed.) f. iii Better is one fore thought than two after.
1626 Duke of Buckingham in J. Rushworth Hist. Coll. (1659) 378 The Earl..nominated the Duke to be his Successor, without the Dukes privity or fore-thought of it.
1653 tr. S. Przypkowski Dissertatio de Pace v. 30 These shall..be discarded from the forethought..of eternal joy.
1863 ‘G. Eliot’ Romola II. xix. 254 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. Obsolete.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > expectation > foresight, foreknowledge > anticipation, forecast > [noun] > instance of
forethoughta1400
cast1519
forecasta1673
precalculation1841
calculation1848
lookahead1896
a1400 in Leg. Rood 145 Alle þe werkes þat I haue wrouht Weore founden in þe ffaderes fore-þouht.
c1440 York Myst. ii. 74 Þis materis more ȝitt will I mende, so for to fulfill my for-thoght.
1729 G. Shelvocke, Jr. tr. K. Siemienowicz Great Art Artillery iv. 217 All these things were only so many Forethoughts of our Hand-Grenado's.
3. Thought for the future, provident care.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > expectation > foresight, foreknowledge > provident foresight, prudence > [noun]
purveyancec1300
forelook1357
providencea1382
purveyinga1382
provisiona1398
advice?a1439
prospiciencea1500
fore-wit?1504
forecasta1542
providency1602
forethoughtfulness1647
prospection1659
forethought1719
1719 D. Defoe Life Robinson Crusoe 300 True Seamen..are perhaps the least of all Mankind given to fore-thought.
1766 W. Blackstone Comm. Laws Eng. II. ii. xi. 172 Formal deeds..are presumed to be made with great caution, fore-thought, and advice.
1875 B. Jowett in tr. Plato Dialogues (ed. 2) IV. 283 Just so much forethought as is necessary to provide for the morrow.

Derivatives

forethoughted adj. marked by forethought.
ΚΠ
1816 L. Hunt Story of Rimini iii. 60 Fore-thoughted chess, and riddle rarely missed.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

forethoughtadj.

Brit. /ˈfɔːθɔːt/, U.S. /ˈfɔrˌθɔt/, /ˈfɔrˌθɑt/
Etymology: past participle of forethink v.
1. Thought out or contrived beforehand; premeditated; esp. in Law, forethought felony, (of, with, upon) malice forethought. Cf. aforethought adj.
ΘΚΠ
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
c1425 Wyntoun Cron. vii. ix. 502 Quheþir it wes of reklesnes Or it of forthoucht Felny wes.
?1553–77 Life Fisher (Harl. 6382) (1921) 54 He began..to speake of his forethought divorse with Queene Catherin.
1628 E. Coke 1st Pt. Inst. Lawes Eng. 287 b Murder is when one is slaine..with malice prepensed or forethought.
1662 E. Hickeringill Wks. (1716) I. 307 What Rebels shall be hereafter, must needs be so upon malice fore-thought.
1752 J. Louthian Form of Process (ed. 2) 103 The Pannel..by Premeditation and forethought Felony..wounded the deceas'd.
1828 W. Scott Fair Maid of Perth viii, in Chron. Canongate 2nd Ser. II. 227 A deed of foul and fore-thought murder.
2. Anticipated. Obsolete.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > expectation > foresight, foreknowledge > anticipation, forecast > [adjective] > forecasted
foredeemed1587
forethought1666
forecasted1882
1666 W. Spurstowe Spiritual Chymist (1668) 108 The stroke of a forethought evil is more gentle and soft than if it were wholly unexpected.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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