To intend or plan something beforehand; to have a purpose in mind before an event occurs.
From Middle English fore- (before) + intend (from Latin intentus, stretched toward). The prefix fore- was added to create a verb meaning to intend in advance.
This word shows how English loved adding 'fore-' to verbs in Middle English to express planning ahead—it's like the medieval version of 'premeditate,' but it fell out of common use because 'intend' already implied future purpose.
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