foreknow
Americanverb (used with object)
verb
Other Word Forms
- foreknowable adjective
- foreknower noun
- foreknowingly adverb
- foreknowledge noun
- unforeknowable adjective
- unforeknown adjective
Etymology
Origin of foreknow
First recorded in 1400–50, foreknow is from the late Middle English word foreknowen. See fore-, know 1
Example Sentences
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He was a predictor, using his occult gift of second sight to foreknow events and tell The Leader about them.
From The Leader by Dongen, H. R. van
And besides, he has a laboured argument to prove, that God could not foreknow the future volitions of moral agents, unless he views them as “necessarily connected with something else that is evident.” pp. 115-117.
From An Examination of President Edwards' Inquiry into the Freedom of the Will by Bledsoe, Albert Taylor
Without this assumption it would be impossible in the Thomistic system to find in the absolute will of God an infallible medium by which He can foreknow future sins.
From Grace, Actual and Habitual A Dogmatic Treatise by Preuss, Arthur
Guardian, Giver, and Guide; If she may not foreknow, forejudge and foresee, What safety has childhood beside?
From The Crux by Gilman, Charlotte Perkins
"Whom He did foreknow He also did predestinate to be conformed to the Image of His Son."
From Natural Law in the Spiritual World by Drummond, Henry
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