aforethought

  • 11aforethought — a|fore|thought [ ə fɔr,θɔt ] adjective LEGAL with malice aforethought with a deliberate intention of causing harm …

    Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • 12aforethought — adjective see with malice aforethought malice (2) …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • 13aforethought — UK [əˈfɔː(r)ˌθɔːt] / US [əˈfɔrˌθɔt] adjective legal with malice aforethought …

    English dictionary

  • 14aforethought — a•fore•thought [[t]əˈfɔrˌθɔt, əˈfoʊr [/t]] adj. thought of previously; premeditated: with malice aforethought[/ex] • Etymology: 1575–85 …

    From formal English to slang

  • 15aforethought — /əˈfɔθɔt/ (say uh fawthawt) adjective 1. (placed after the noun) thought of beforehand; premeditated: *no doubt he had committed with malice aforethought the crime upon which he was arraigned –xavier herbert, 1938. –noun 2. premeditation;… …

  • 16aforethought — In criminal law, deliberate; planned; premeditated; prepense. As used in the definition of murder in the first degree, means thought of beforehand and for any length of time, however short, before the doing of the act, and is synonymous with… …

    Black's law dictionary

  • 17aforethought — In criminal law, deliberate; planned; premeditated; prepense. As used in the definition of murder in the first degree, means thought of beforehand and for any length of time, however short, before the doing of the act, and is synonymous with… …

    Black's law dictionary

  • 18aforethought — adj. premeditated (following a noun : malice aforethought) …

    Useful english dictionary

  • 19aforethought — Synonyms and related words: advised, calculatedness, calculation, considered, deliberateness, deliberation, designed, express intention, expressness, forethought, intentionality, preconsideration, preconsidered, predeliberated, predeliberation,… …

    Moby Thesaurus

  • 20aforethought — a·fore·thought || É™ fɔːθɔːt adj. thought of in advance, premeditated …

    English contemporary dictionary