foreknew

[fawr-noh, fohr-]

verb (used with object), -knew, -known, -knowing.

to know beforehand.

Origin:
1400–50; late Middle English foreknowen. See fore-, know

Related forms

fore·know·a·ble, adjective

fore·know·er, noun

fore·know·ing·ly, adverb

un·fore·know·a·ble, adjective

un·fore·known, adjective

Synonyms
foresee, divine, discern, anticipate.

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