To conclude or decide something beforehand, before all the facts are known or the situation is complete.
From Old English 'fore-' meaning 'before' combined with 'conclude' from Latin 'concludere' (con- 'together' + claudere 'to close'). The prefix 'fore-' was added to create a sense of premature or advance conclusion.
This word captures a very human tendency—jumping to conclusions! Medieval scholars used similar 'fore-' compounds to describe the intellectual vice of deciding things too quickly, which is why 'foreconclude' appears in old philosophical texts but sounds archaic today.
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