forethinking

Verb

forethink (third-person singular simple present forethinks, present participle forethinking, simple past and past participle forethought)

1. (rare, transitive) To plan (something) in advance; think, consider, or contrive beforehand; prognosticate.
   • 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 innocent1612–1634, [Joseph Hall], “(please specify the page)”, in [Contemplations vpon the Principall Passages of the Holy Storie], volume (please specify |volume=I to VIII), London, →OCLC
2. (rare, transitive) To think about beforehand; to anticipate.
   • […]and the soul of every man / Prophetically doth forethink thy fall.c. 1597 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The First Part of Henry the Fourth, […]”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and...