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aforethought

[ uh-fawr-thawt, uh-fohr- ]

adjective

  1. thought thought of previously; premeditated (usually used predicatively):

    with malice aforethought.



noun

  1. premeditation; forethought.

aforethought

/ 蓹藞蹿蓴藧藢胃蓴藧迟 /

adjective

  1. immediately postpositive premeditated (esp in the phrase malice aforethought )
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of aforethought1

First recorded in 1575鈥85; afore + thought 2
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And there鈥檚 no question it was a choice aforethought.

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Capote had no doubt that Ann 鈥 鈥淢rs. Bang Bang,鈥 he once called her to her face 鈥 had offed her husband with malice aforethought, but in Montillo鈥檚 telling the evidence is less than clear-cut.

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The legal definition 鈥 and I might actually slaughter this a little myself 鈥 the legal definition of manslaughter is killing a human being without malice aforethought.

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Her consistency of dress was a sign of reliability in the face of global change, a physical expression of her job as a living historical symbol and a tool wielded with precision, aforethought.

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Three weeks ago, I wrote here about "Seven Days in June," a right-wing coup carried out without violence, but with considerable malice aforethought by the Supreme Court in the final week of its term.

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