forethink
To plan (something) in advance; think, consider, or contrive beforehand; prognosticate.
Verb
- To plan (something) in advance; think, consider, or contrive beforehand; prognosticate.
- O vain sorceress , that could be wary to avoid the punishment of Saul ; careless to avoid the judgment of God ! Could we forethink what our sin would cost us , we durst not but be innocent - 1612–1626, [Joseph Hall],...
- To think about beforehand; to anticipate.
- […]and the soul of every man / Prophetically doth forethink thy fall. - c. 1597 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The First Part of Henry the Fourth, […]”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, &...
- Let not thy divining heart / Forethinke me any ill [...]. - 1635, John Donne, Song:
Origin
From Middle English forethynken, from Old English fōreþenċan (“to premeditate, consider, be mindful”), corresponding to fore- + think. Cognate with Dutch voordenken, German vordenken (“to think ahead”).