The Collaborative International Dictionary
Aforehand \A*fore"hand`\adv. Beforehand; in anticipation. [Archaic or Dial.]
She is come aforehand to anoint my body.
--Mark xiv. 8.
Aforehand \A*fore"hand`\, a. Prepared; previously provided; -- opposed to behindhand.
Aforehand in all matters of power.
--Bacon.
Wiktionary
a. Beforehand in condition; forehanded. adv. (context archaic or dialect English) beforehand; in advance; in anticipation.
Usage examples of "aforehand".
For if he had aforehand understood more of the mind of our Prince than we, I do not know but he also may have it now, even now we are turning again to virtue.
I must admit that to you aforehand, but that is probably due to her being a rejected wench.
For they also, within a while waxing covetous, by their own experience learned aforehand, raised the markets, and sought after new gains by the gifts of the greatest livings in that country, wherein (as Machiavelli writeth) are eighteen archbishoprics, one hundred forty and five bishoprics, 740 abbeys, eleven universities, 1,000,700 steeples (if his report be sound).
By accepting his mandate in the worlds of time and space, you have gainsaid aforehand any objection you might have justly entered, should you claim your full blood-right.