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aforethought

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a·fore·thought  (-fôrthôt, -fr-)
adj.
Planned or intended beforehand; premeditated: malice aforethought.
aforethought [əˈfɔːˌθɔːt]
adj
(immediately postpositive) premeditated (esp in the phrase malice aforethought)
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Adj.1.aforethought - planned in advance; "with malice aforethought"
plotted, planned
premeditated - characterized by deliberate purpose and some degree of planning; "a premeditated crime"
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aforethought [əˈfɔːθɔːt] ADJ with malice aforethought → con premeditación


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This sailing with a "dry " boat was malice aforethought on my part.
John Barleycorn by London, Jack View in context
That point is this: The Sperm Whale is in some cases sufficiently powerful, knowing, and judiciously malicious, as with direct aforethought to stave in, utterly destroy, and sink a large ship; and what is more, the Sperm Whale has done it.
Moby Dick I-LXVII by Melville, Herman View in context
Men say, practically, Begin where you are and such as you are, without aiming mainly to become of more worth, and with kindness aforethought go about doing good.
Walden & on the Duty of Civil Disobedience by Thoreau, Henry David View in context
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