forewit Meaning, Definition & Usage

Fore"wit` noun
Definitions
  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.

Webster 1913