foreknow
to know beforehand.
Origin of foreknow
1Other words for foreknow
Other words from foreknow
- fore·know·a·ble, adjective
- fore·know·er, noun
- fore·know·ing·ly, adverb
- un·fore·know·a·ble, adjective
- un·fore·known, adjective
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How to use foreknow in a sentence
But she could not speak, or would not, foreknowing what must happen now that had never happened to her before.
Stradella | F(rancis) Marion CrawfordIt is that with regard to the conduct of free beings, foreknowing is not the same as foreordaining.
The Truth of Christianity | William Harry TurtonFor had the man not prayed, God, foreknowing this, might not have arranged for the event to have happened.
The Truth of Christianity | William Harry TurtonFor thus to be a foreknowing tempter and occasion, unnecessarily, is to be a moral cause.
A Christian Directory | Baxter RichardThe reversals of fortune, O Cadi, are swift and grievous, and beyond the foreknowing or advertence of men.
The Fantasy Fan January 1934 | Various
British Dictionary definitions for foreknow
/ (fɔːˈnəʊ) /
(tr) to know in advance
Derived forms of foreknow
- foreknowable, adjective
- foreknowledge, noun
- foreknowingly, adverb
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