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foreknown

[fawr-noh, fohr-]

fore·know

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

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

fore·know·a·ble, adjective
fore·know·er, noun
fore·know·ing·ly, adverb
un·fore·know·a·ble, adjective
un·fore·known, adjective


foresee, divine, discern, anticipate.

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Foreknown is always a great word to know.
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a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
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