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Entry 2 senses Webster, 1913

Forewit

· Fore·wit · IPA
01 n. A leader, or would-be leader, in matters of knowledge or taste.
  1. 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. 2.
    Foresight; prudence.
    “Let this forewit guide thy thought.” — Southwell.