aforethought,ppl.a.andn.|əˈfɔəθɔːt|[f.aforeadv.+ thought: see think. Apparently introduced as an English translation of the Old Law-Fr. prepense in malice prepense.]A.ppl.adj.Thought before; entertained in the mind beforehand, premeditated.1581LambardeEiren. ii. vii. (1588) 241If two (of malice forethought) lie in await the one to kill the other.1628Coke 3Inst.47With malice aforethought.1825CobbettRural Rides 488To make an act murder there must be malice afore thought.1840CarlyleHeroes (1858) 204Sheer falsehood, idle fables, allegory aforethought.1874L. Tollemache inFortn.Rev.Feb. 231The inveterate habit of ending stories badly, with pessimism aforethought.B.n.rare. Thinking beforehand, premeditation.1851Sir J. HerschelNat.Phil.i. iii. 55Deliberately, of afore-thought, to devise remedies.