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FOREWARNED is forearmed
Cf. L.
praemonitus
,
praemunitus
, forewarned, forearmed.
c
1425
Treatises of Fistula
(EETS) 22
He that is warned afore is noght bygiled.
c
1530
Wit & Science
l. 1093
Once warnd, half armd folk say.
1587
Card of Fancy
IV. 23
I giue thee this Ring of golde, wherin is written ..
Praemonitus
,
Premunitus
.. inferring this sense, that hee which is forewarned by friendlie counsoule of imminent daungers, is fore-armed against all future mishappe.
a
1661
Worthies
(Devon) 272
Let all ships passing thereby be fore-armed because forewarned thereof.
1885
‘’
Shadowed to Europe
xxv.
‘Forewarned is forearmed,’ he thought, as he complimented himself upon his success in baffling the attempt to ensnare him.
1978
Throwback
vi.
I have summoned Lockhart to be present next week. .. Forewarned is forearmed as the old saying is.
1996
Body in Bog
ii. 39
He was reaching in his pocket—for his cellular phone, no doubt. Joey and Millicent were cut from the same cloth: Forewarned is forearmed.
foresight and hindsight
;
prudence
praemonitus
,
praemunitus
, forewarned, forearmed.
c1425
Treatises of Fistula
(EETS) 22
He that is warned afore is noght bygiled.
c
1530
Wit & Science
l. 1093
Once warnd, half armd folk say.
1587
Card of Fancy
IV. 23
I giue thee this Ring of golde, wherin is written ..
Praemonitus
,
Premunitus
.. inferring this sense, that hee which is forewarned by friendlie counsoule of imminent daungers, is fore-armed against all future mishappe.
a
1661
Worthies
(Devon) 272
Let all ships passing thereby be fore-armed because forewarned thereof.
1885
‘’
Shadowed to Europe
xxv.
‘Forewarned is forearmed,’ he thought, as he complimented himself upon his success in baffling the attempt to ensnare him.
1978
Throwback
vi.
I have summoned Lockhart to be present next week. .. Forewarned is forearmed as the old saying is.
1996
Body in Bog
ii. 39
He was reaching in his pocket—for his cellular phone, no doubt. Joey and Millicent were cut from the same cloth: Forewarned is forearmed.
foresight and hindsight;
prudence
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