Usually means: Premeditation, planned in advance intentionally.
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General (17 matching dictionaries)
  1. aforethought: Merriam-Webster
  2. aforethought: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  3. aforethought: Collins English Dictionary
  4. aforethought: Vocabulary.com
  5. Aforethought, aforethought: Wordnik
  6. aforethought: Wiktionary
  7. aforethought: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  8. aforethought: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  9. aforethought: Infoplease Dictionary
  10. aforethought: Dictionary.com
  11. Aforethought: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  12. aforethought: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  13. Aforethought: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  14. aforethought: FreeDictionary.org
  15. aforethought: Mnemonic Dictionary
  16. aforethought: TheFreeDictionary.com
  17. aforethought: Merriam-Webster

Business (6 matching dictionaries)
  1. aforethought: Merriam-Webster Legal Dictionary
  2. aforethought: Webster's New World Law Dictionary
  3. THE 'LECTRIC LAW LIBRARY'S REFERENCE ROOM (No longer online)
  4. Glossary of Legal Terms (No longer online)
  5. Bouvier's Law Dictionary 1856 Edition (No longer online)
  6. aforethought: Legal dictionary

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  1. aforethought: Idioms

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Definitions from Wiktionary (aforethought)

▸ adjective:  (postpositive) Premeditated; planned ahead of time.

Similar:
premeditated, planned, plotted, forethought, prethoughtful, premeditative, foremeant, prepense, premedial, foreconsidered, more...

Opposite:
unpremeditated, spontaneous, impulsive, unplanned

Types:
planned, deliberate, premeditated, intentional, calculated, more...

Phrases:
malice aforethought, with malice aforethought, My Dearest Self with Malice Aforethought, more...

Adjectives:
malice, direct, infernal, malicious, undefended, deliberate, premeditated, much, little, fancy, evil

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Similar:
premeditated, planned, plotted, forethought, prethoughtful, premeditative, foremeant, prepense, premedial, foreconsidered, more...

Opposite:
unpremeditated, spontaneous, impulsive, unplanned

Types:
planned, deliberate, premeditated, intentional, calculated, more...

Phrases:
malice aforethought, with malice aforethought, My Dearest Self with Malice Aforethought, more...

Adjectives:
malice, direct, infernal, malicious, undefended, deliberate, premeditated, much, little, fancy, evil

Colors:
    teal,     maroon,     burgundy,     olive,     charcoal, more...



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