forethought

Founding-era definition · Webster's 1828 American Dictionary

FORETHOUGHT', forethaut'. preterit tense of forething. FO'RETHOUGHT, noun fo'rethaut. 1. A thinking beforehand; anticipation; prescience; premeditation. 2. Provident care.
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