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Definition of Foreknow
1. Verb. Realize beforehand.
Generic synonyms: Know
Derivative terms: Anticipator, Prevision
Definition of Foreknow
1. v. t. To have previous knowledge of; to know beforehand.
Definition of Foreknow
1. Verb. To have knowledge of beforehand, to precognise. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Foreknow
1. to know in advance [v -KNEW, -KNOWN, -KNOWING, -KNOWS]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Foreknow
Literary usage of Foreknow
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The English Works of Thomas Hobbes of Malmesbury by Thomas ( Hobbes (1841)
"... never foreknow that it would come to pass. reply. For every knowledge necessarily
... foreknow ..."
2. Sermons on Several Occasions by John Wesley (1836)
"Whom he did foreknow, he also did predestinate to be conformed to the image of
his Son:—whom h« did predestinate, them he also called : and whom he called, ..."
3. The History of the Church of Christ: From the Days of the Apostles, Till the by Joseph Milner (1835)
"... fate • - to be ascribed to the will and power of the Supreme Being, who most
justly is believed to foreknow all things, and to leave nothing unordained. ..."
4. A New and General Biographical Dictionary: Containing an Historical and by William Tooke, William Beloe, Robert Nares (1798)
"Being recalled by the protestor, he took his leave of the cantons dilation, to
foreknow and foretell all forts of ..."
5. The Metropolitan Tabernacle Pulpit: Sermons Preached and Revised by Charles Haddon Spurgeon (1873)
"For whom he did foreknow, he also did predestinate to be conformed to the image
of his Son, that he might bo the firstborn among many brethren. ..."
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