v. [f. FORE- pref.] trans. To intend beforehand. Hence Fore-intended ppl. a.
1580. Sidney, Arcadia (1622), 249. Shee was put from the bias of her fore-intended lesson.
1622. Wither, Mistr., Philar., Wks. (1633), 635.
| Oh Heauens! Quoth he, Why doe we spend, | |
| Endeauours thus in vaine; | |
| Since what the Fates doe fore-intend, | |
| They never change againe? |
1641. H. Best, Rural Economy in Yorkshire in 1641 (Surtees), 90. That hee may bee allwayes ready to execute the High Sheriffes place, or else upon any occasion to give him notice what is to bee done or foreintended.
1866. G. Macdonald, Ann. Q. Neighb., xv. (1878), 325. Whether she fore-intended her following conduct, or old habit returned with the return of her daughter, I cannot tell.
