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foreknow - 3 dictionary results

fore⋅know

[fawr-noh, fohr-]
–verb (used with object), -knew, -known, -knowing.
to know beforehand.

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


fore⋅know⋅a⋅ble, adjective
fore⋅know⋅er, noun
fore⋅know⋅ing⋅ly, adverb


foresee, divine, discern, anticipate.
fore·know   (fôr-nō', fōr-)   
tr.v.   fore·knew (-nōō', -nyōō'), fore·known (-nōn'), fore·know·ing, fore·knows
To have foreknowledge of, especially by supernatural means or through revelation.

Foreknow

Fore*know"\, v. t. [imp. Foreknew; p. p. Foreknown; p. pr. & vb. n. Foreknowing.] To have previous knowledge of; to know beforehand.

Who would the miseries of man foreknow? --Dryden.
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