"foreknow" meaning in English

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Verb

IPA: /ˌfɔːˈnəʊ/ [UK], /ˌfɔɹˈnoʊ/ [US] Forms: foreknows [present, singular, third-person], foreknowing [participle, present], foreknew [past], foreknown [participle, past]
Etymology: From Middle English forknowen (since Chaucer), a calque from praescio equivalent to fore- + know. Replaced Old English fōrwitan, fōrewitan (“to foreknow”). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|forknowen}} Middle English forknowen, {{m|la|praescio}} praescio, {{prefix|en|fore|know}} fore- + know, {{cog|ang|fōrwitan}} Old English fōrwitan, {{m|ang|fōrewitan|t=to foreknow}} fōrewitan (“to foreknow”) Head templates: {{en-verb|foreknows|foreknowing|foreknew|foreknown}} foreknow (third-person singular simple present foreknows, present participle foreknowing, simple past foreknew, past participle foreknown)
  1. To have knowledge of beforehand. Related terms: foreknowledge Translations (to have foreknowledge of): знам предварително (znam predvaritelno) (Bulgarian), tietää ennalta (Finnish), prévoir (French), prevedere (Italian), praenōscō (Latin), wiedzieć z góry (Polish), предви́деть (predvídetʹ) (Russian), знать наперёд (znatʹ) (Russian), prever (Spanish), conocer de antemano (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-foreknow-en-verb-c~4-D6oN Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with fore-

Inflected forms

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          "text": "1652, Eugenius Philalethes, The Fame and Confeſſion of the Fraternity of R: C: Commonly, of the Roſie Croſs; with a Præface annexed thereto, and a ſhort Declaration of their Phyſicall Work (London, Printed by J. M. for Giles Calvert, at the black ſpread Eagle at the Weſt end of Pauls), pages 1–2 of “The Epiſtle to the Wiſe and Underſtanding Reader”\nWiſdom…is to a man an infinite Treaſure, for ſhe is the Breath of the Power of God, and a pure Influence that floweth from the Glory of the Almighty; ſhe is the Brightneſs of Eternal Light, and an undefiled Mirror of the Majeſty of God, and an Image of his Goodneſs; ſhe teacheth us Soberneſs and Prudence, Righteouſneſs and Strength; ſhe underſtands the Subtilty of words, and Solution of dark ſentences; ſhe foreknoweth Signs and Wonders, and what ſhall happen in time to come."
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          "word": "знам предварително"
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      "word": "знам предварително"
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      "word": "предви́деть"
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