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Definition of Forethought

1. Noun. Planning or plotting in advance of acting.

2. Noun. Judiciousness in avoiding harm or danger. "He handled the vase with care"

Definition of Forethought

1. a. Thought of, or planned, beforehand; aforethought; prepense; hence, deliberate.

2. n. A thinking or planning beforehand; prescience; premeditation; forecast; provident care.

Definition of Forethought

1. Noun. Thinking beforehand or in advance, planning; prior or previous consideration; premeditation. ¹

2. Noun. Anticipation. ¹

3. Noun. Provident care; prudence. ¹

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Definition of Forethought

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Lexicographical Neighbors of Forethought

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Literary usage of Forethought

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Complete Collection of State Trials and Proceedings for High Treason and ...by Thomas Bayly Howell by Thomas Bayly Howell (1826)
"3, act 51, intitled, " Of forethought Felony and chaud mella ;" statutes, " That as soon as any complaint is made to justices, sheriffs, baillies, ..."

2. Cobbett's Complete Collection of State Trials and Proceedings for High ...by William Cobbett, David Jardine by William Cobbett, David Jardine (1813)
"3, act 51, intitled, " Of forethought Felony and chaud mella ;" statutes, ... And gif it be forethought felony, to die therefore." James 5, pari. ..."

3. The Souls of Black Folk: Essays and Sketchesby William Edward Burghardt Du Bois by William Edward Burghardt Du Bois (1907)
"... forethought HEREIN lie buried many things which if read with patience may show the strange meaning of being black here at the dawning of the Twentieth ..."

4. The Sermons of Henry Ward Beecher: In Plymouth Church, Brooklyn by Henry Ward Beecher, Truman Jeremiah Ellinwood (1869)
"A LIFE without forethought or plan must be weak and fruitless ; and if a whole community so live, they are savage, sensuous, and degraded. ..."

5. British Dominions: Their Present Commercial and Industrial Condition; a by William James Ashley (1911)
"Careful forethought and dispositions for the future,—in other words, organisation,—are absolutely necessary. Without them, the strong and vigorous elements ..."

6. The Foundations of National Prosperity: Studies in the Conservation of by Richard Theodore Ely, Ralph Henry Hess, Charles Kenneth Leith, Thomas Nixon Carver (1917)
"Scientific knowledge^ forethought and organization, these three working hi combination, will doubtless in the future as they have in the past, give dominion ..."

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