dictionary definitions for "forethought"


From WordNet (r) 2.0 (August 2003) [wn]:

  forethought
      n 1: planning or plotting in advance of acting [syn:
           premeditation]
      2: judiciousness in avoiding harm or danger; "he exercised
         caution in opening the door"; "he handled the vase with
         care" [syn: caution, precaution, care]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Forethought \Fore"thought`\, a.
     Thought of, or planned, beforehand; aforethought; prepense;
     hence, deliberate. "Forethought malice." --Bacon.
     [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Forethought \Fore"thought`\, n.
     A thinking or planning beforehand; prescience; premeditation;
     forecast; provident care.
     [1913 Webster]
  
           A sphere that will demand from him forethought,
           courage, and wisdom.                     --I. Taylor.
     [1913 Webster]


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