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
- (transitive, rare) To plan (something) in advance; think, consider, or contrive beforehand; prognosticate.
- (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.