单词 | forethought |
释义 | forethoughtn. 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. 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. 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. 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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