• Forethink

    Origin

    From Middle English forethynken, from Old English foreþenċan ("to premeditate, consider, be mindful"), corresponding to - + think. Cognate with Dutch voordenken, German vordenken ("to think ahead").

    Full definition of forethink

    Verb

    1. (transitive, rare) To plan (something) in advance; think, consider, or contrive beforehand; prognosticate.
    2. (transitive, rare) To think about beforehand; to anticipate.
      • 1635, John Donne, Song:Let not thy divining heart
        Forethinke me any ill ....
      • ShakespeareThe soul of every man
        Prophetically doth forethink thy fall.
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