forecount
English
editEtymology
editVerb
editforecount (third-person singular simple present forecounts, present participle forecounting, simple past and past participle forecounted)
- (transitive) To count beforehand.
- 1895, The Dublin Review:
- But there is no need to thus “forecount the years.”
- (transitive) To prejudge or esteem in advance.
- 1789, Henry Home (Lord Kames.), Introduction to the Art of Thinking:
- […] Men always forecount their wives prudent, and their children dutiful.
Noun
editforecount (plural forecounts)
- A preliminary tally, reckoning, or estimation.