forespeak (1)

t. [Pref. fore, and Eng. speak (q. v.).] To speak, tell, or declare before 1. The act or faculty of foreseeing; prescience; hand; to predict; to foretell; to foresay. perspicacity. "Let Eve, for I have drenched her eyes, Here sleep below, while thou to foresight wakest." Milton: P. L. , xi. 368. 2. A provident care for futurity; forethought; care in guarding against evil. "Make a random expense without plan or foresight ." Burke : Letter to a Noble Lord. II. Tech .: [FORE-SIGHT.] Crabb thus discriminates between foresight , forecast, and premeditation : "Foresight, from seeing before, denotes the simple act of the mind in seeing a thing before it happens: forecast , from casting the thoughts onward, signifies coming at the knowledge of a thing beforehand by means of calculation; premeditation , from meditate , signifies obtaining the same knowledge by force of med. itating or reflecting deeply. Foresight is the general and indefinite term; we employ it either on ordinary or extraordinary occasions; forecast and premeditation mostly in the latter case: all busine requires foresight ; state concerns require forecast: foresight and forecast respect what is to happen; they are the operations of the mind in calculating futurity: premeditation respects what is to be said or done; it is a preparation of the thoughts and designs for action; by foresight and forecast we guard against evils and provide for contingencies; by pre meditation we guard against errors of conduct." (Crabb: Eng . Synon.)