forethink
Americanverb (used with object)
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And anon he would have entered, but a voice said, Flee, Sir Lancelot, and enter not, for and if thou enter thou shalt forethink it.
From Studies from Court and Cloister: being essays, historical and literary dealing mainly with subjects relating to the XVIth and XVIIth centuries by J. M. (Jean Mary) Stone
Nay, said Gawaine, ye shall not but if I be beat; it shall not forethink me then if ye go after me.
From Chronicle and Romance (The Harvard Classics Series) by Jean Froissart; Thomas Malory; Raphael Holinshed
For my own part, I saw them not, but I am resolved that so many people did not all combine or forethink to make the report.
From The Book of Buried Treasure Being a True History of the Gold, Jewels, and Plate of Pirates, Galleons, etc., which are sought for to this day by Ralph Delahaye Paine
This indeed I know, that we generally think before on our future actions, and that that forethinking is present, but the action whereof we forethink is not yet, because it is to come.
From The Confessions of St. Augustine by E. B. (Edward Bouverie) Pusey
Therefore they should be trained or urged to forethink or reflect seriously and often on the cure or process proposed.
From The Mystic Will A Method of Developing and Strengthening the Faculties of the Mind, through the Awakened Will, by a Simple, Scientific Process Possible to Any Person of Ordinary Intelligence by Charles Godfrey Leland
He’s not nimble enough or forethinking enough to engage in intellectual battle with guests who are not there to seek truth but to recruit converts.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 11, 2022
"I think it was very thoughtful and forethinking of her," Korn says.
From Science Magazine ● Aug. 8, 2011
This indeed I know, that we generally think before on our future actions, and that that forethinking is present, but the action whereof we forethink is not yet, because it is to come.
From The Confessions of St. Augustine by E. B. (Edward Bouverie) Pusey
In that immense unweeting Mind is shown One far above forethinking; processive, Yet superconscious; a Clairvoyancy That knows not what It knows, yet works therewith.—
From The Dynasts by Thomas Hardy
It is uncertaine where death looks for us; let us expect her everie where: the premeditation of death, is a forethinking of libertie.
From Literary and Philosophical Essays: French, German and Italian by Various
Then, as now, sowing took forethought, discipline and attention to detail.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 29, 2026
And shopping was something that required time, planning and forethought.
From Salon ● Jul. 18, 2026
"I just thought it was crazy to put something like that in this community, with no forethought, no prior authorisation, not even asking the community," he said.
From BBC ● Apr. 4, 2026
Not bad for something he quickly bashed out in bulletin format without much forethought, in response to a post a former colleague had written.
From MarketWatch ● Jan. 8, 2026
He told her he had often noticed that she lacked forethought “Wasn’t it enough to think of going to the Cheniere and waking you up?” she laughed.
From "The Awakening" by Kate Chopin
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