Obs. [f. FORE- pref. + WISE.] Wise beforehand, prescient, far-seeing.

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c. 1400.  Destr. Troy, 3949.

        Mony wordys hade the wegh, wise of his dedis,
In fele thinges forwise, & a fer caster.

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  So Fore-wisdom, prescience, forethought.

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1576.  A. Fleming, A Panoplie of Epistles, 20. What prouidence and fore wisedome did he vse.

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1882.  Beresf. Hope, Brandreths, I. xvi. 252. The husband who devises this ingenious proof of confidence is well advised in his fore-wisdom.

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