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 [uh-fawr-thawt, uh-fohr-]   Origin

a·fore·thought

   [uh-fawr-thawt, uh-fohr-]
adjective
1.
thought of previously; premeditated (usually used predicatively): with malice aforethought.
noun
2.
premeditation; forethought.

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Origin:
1575–85; afore + thought2
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aforethought (əˈfɔːˌθɔːt)
 
—adj
(immediately postpositive) premeditated (esp in the phrase malice aforethought)

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aforethought
1580s, from afore + p.p. of think. Apparently an English loan-translation of O.Fr. legalese prepense in malice prepense "malice aforethought" (Coke)
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