Obs. [f. FORE- pref. + WISE.] Wise beforehand, prescient, far-seeing.
c. 1400. Destr. Troy, 3949.
Mony wordys hade the wegh, wise of his dedis, | |
In fele thinges forwise, & a fer caster. |
So Fore-wisdom, prescience, forethought.
1576. A. Fleming, A Panoplie of Epistles, 20. What prouidence and fore wisedome did he vse.
1882. Beresf. Hope, Brandreths, I. xvi. 252. The husband who devises this ingenious proof of confidence is well advised in his fore-wisdom.