aforethought
pronunciation
How to pronounce aforethought in British English:
UK [əˈfɔ:θɔ:t]
How to pronounce aforethought in American English:
US [əˈfɔrθɔt]
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- Adjective:
- planned in advance
Word Origin
- aforethought (adj.)
- 1580s, from afore + past tense of think. Apparently an English loan-translation of Old French legalese word prepense (see prepense) in malice prepense "malice aforethought" (Coke).
Example
- 1. She did not trip rose up accidentally , it was done with malice aforethought .
- 2. In order to aggrandize afresh their power , the powerful countries started aforethought aggression time and again .
- 3. If anyone with malice aforethought shoves another or throws something at him intentionally so that he dies