forethinkとは 意味・読み方・使い方

動詞

forethink (三人称単数 現在形 forethinks, 現在分詞 forethinking, 過去形および過去分詞形 forethought)

1. (transitive, rare) To plan (something) in advance; think, consider, or contrive beforehand; prognosticate.
   • 1612–1626, [Joseph Hall], “(please specify the page)”, in [Contemplations vpon the Principall Passages of the Holy Storie], volume (please specify |volume=II, V, または VI), London, OCLC 54134621:

     O vain sorceress , that could be wary to avoid the punishment of Saul ; careless to avoid the judgment of God ! Could we forethink what our sin would cost us , we durst not but be innocent

2. (transitive, rare) To think about beforehand; to anticipate.
   • c. 1597, William Shakespeare, “The First Part of Henry the Fourth, […]”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies: Published According to the True Originall Copies (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, OCLC 606515358, [Act III, scene ii]:

     […] and the soul of every man / Prophetically doth forethink thy fall.

   • 1635, John Donne, Song:

     Let not thy divining heart / Forethinke me any ill [...].