Dictionary entry

Forewit

Webster's Dictionary 1913

Fore″wit′ (?), n. 1. A leader, or would-be leader, in matters of knowledge or taste.

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.