forethink
English
Etymology
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”).
Verb
forethink (third-person singular simple present forethinks, present participle forethinking, simple past and past participle forethought)
- (transitive, rare) To plan (something) in advance; think, consider, or contrive beforehand; prognosticate.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Bishop Hall to this entry?)
- (transitive, rare) To think about beforehand; to anticipate.
- c. 1597, William Shakespeare, Henry IV, Part 1, Act III Scene ii[1]:
- […] and the soul of every man / Prophetically doth forethink thy fall.
- 1635, John Donne, Song:
- Let not thy divining heart / Forethinke me any ill [...].
- c. 1597, William Shakespeare, Henry IV, Part 1, Act III Scene ii[1]:
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