FOREKNOW

anticipate, previse, foreknow, foresee

(verb) realize beforehand

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Verb

foreknow (third-person singular simple present foreknows, present participle foreknowing, simple past foreknew, past participle foreknown)

To have knowledge of beforehand.

Source: Wiktionary


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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1 April 2025

ANYMORE

(adverb) at the present or from now on; usually used with a negative; “Alice doesn’t live here anymore”; “the children promised not to quarrel any more”


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