Forecaution

Quick meaning: Forecaution is a noun meaning (transitive) To warn or caution in advance.

Meaning

(transitive) To warn or caution in advance.

More Meanings

1. (archaic, uncountable) Caution in advance; precaution.
2. (archaic, countable) A measure taken in advance to disallow misfortune; a precaution.

Example Sentences

[…] to cure from the latter or effect, by a forecaution and prevention of its increaſe?

They had at their disposal all the terrible enginery of secret murder, against which no human forecaution can effectually guard.

Again, on the contrary, however much forecaution may have been taken in preparing the patient for an operation, some general disturbance follows, […]

[…] the result is worse, and serious breakage has occurred before the job was finished, due to settling of legs because no forecaution was taken to prevent it.

Word Forms

• forecautions
• forecautioning
• forecautioned

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