FOREKNEW

FOREKNOW

anticipate, previse, foreknow, foresee

(verb) realize beforehand

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Verb

foreknew

simple past tense and past participle of foreknow

Source: Wiktionary


FOREKNOW

Fore*know", v. t. [imp. Foreknew; p. p. Foreknown; p. pr. & vb. n. Foreknowing.]

Definition: To have previous knowledge of; to know beforehand. Who would the miseries of man foreknow Dryden.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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