aforethought
aforethought is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 2 senses, and appears in Roget's Thesaurus (1911) with 35 related terms. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.Premeditated; prepense; previously in mind; designed; as, malice aforethought, which is required to constitute murder. Bouvier.
- 2.Premeditation.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Synonyms
Related terms (Roget's 1911)
- advisedly
- all
- beforehand
- blood
- calculated
- cold
- concert
- conclusion
- cunning
- deliberately
- fate
- foredoom
- intended
- intention
- intentionally
- maturely
- necessity
- open
- predeliberation
- predesignate
- predestination
- predestine
- predetermination
- predetermine
- premeditate
- premeditation
- preordain
- preordination
- prepense
- pris
- project
- propendency
- resolve
- studied
- with
Source: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
Related questions
Reverse-dictionary questions
Definition-first questions whose answer is aforethought.
Sources
- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
- Synonyms: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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