Webster's 1913 Dictionary
FOREWIT
FOREWIT Fore "wit `, n.
1. A leader, or would-be leader, in matters of knowledge or taste. [Obs. ] Nor that the forewits, that would draw the rest unto their liking, always like the best. B. Jonson.
2. Foresight; prudence. Let this forewit guide thy thought. Southwell.
FOREWITE
Fore *wite ", v. t. [pres. indic. sing. , 1st & 3d pers. Forewot, 2d person Forewost (, pl. Forewiten (; imp. sing. Forewiste, pl. Forewisten (; p. pr. & vb. n. Forewiting.] Etym: [AS. forewitan. See Wit to know. ]
Defn: To foreknow. [Obs. ] [Written also forwete. ] Chaucer.
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