Meaning of forecaution | Babel Free

Definitions

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

Examples

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

“[…] that as nature had not given intelligence to these creatures, they cannot have the means of taking counsel together, of exercising forethought or forecaution, nor of learning any thing, […]”

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

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

“[…] 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.”

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