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Webster 1913 Edition

Adj.

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

“Forethought malice.”

Bacon.

Noun.

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

A sphere that will demand from him

forethought

, courage, and wisdom.

I. Taylor.

, forethaut'. pret. of forething.