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aforethought

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Adjective

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a=fore=thought

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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Adjective aforethought has 1 sense

aforethought(s = adj.all) planned, plotted - planned in advance; "with malice aforethought"

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CIDE DICTIONARY

aforethought, a.

Premeditated; prepense; previously in mind; designed; as, malice aforethought, which is required to constitute murder. Bouvier. [1913 Webster]

aforethought, n.

Premeditation. [1913 Webster]

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OXFORD DICTIONARY

aforethought, adj. premeditated (following a noun : malice aforethought).

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THESAURUS

aforethought

advised, calculatedness, calculation, considered, deliberateness, deliberation, designed, express intention, expressness, forethought, intentionality, preconsideration, preconsidered, predeliberated, predeliberation, predetermination, predetermined, premeditated, premeditation, prepense, preresolution, preresolved, studied, studious, thought-out

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aforethought

Predetermination

N predestination, preordination, premeditation, predeliberation, predetermination, foregone conclusion, fait accompli, parti pris, resolve, propendency, intention, project, fate, foredoom, necessity, prepense, premeditated, predesignated, predesigned, advised, studied, designed, calculated, aforethought, intended, foregone, well-laid, well-devised, well-weighed, maturely considered, cunning, advisedly, with premeditation, deliberately, all things considered, with eyes open, in cold blood, intentionally.

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