foreknow
Americanverb (used with object)
verb
Other Word Forms
- foreknowable adjective
- foreknower noun
- foreknowingly adverb
- foreknowledge noun
- unforeknowable adjective
- unforeknown adjective
Etymology
Origin of foreknow
First recorded in 1400–50, foreknow is from the late Middle English word foreknowen. See fore-, know 1
Example Sentences
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Question at times She made, yet seemed the answer to foreknow.
From Legends of the Saxon Saints by De Vere, Aubrey
This idea, moreover, accords with the Scriptures:—“For whom he did foreknow, he also did predestinate to be conformed to the image of his Son.”
From Calvinistic Controversy Embracing a Sermon on Predestination and Election and Several Numbers, Formally Published in the Christian Advocate and Journal. by Fisk, Wilbur
For whom he did foreknow, he also did predestinate to be conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the first-born among many brethren.
From A Theodicy, or, Vindication of the Divine Glory by Bledsoe, Albert Taylor
And besides, he has a laboured argument to prove, that God could not foreknow the future volitions of moral agents, unless he views them as “necessarily connected with something else that is evident.” pp. 115-117.
From An Examination of President Edwards' Inquiry into the Freedom of the Will by Bledsoe, Albert Taylor
But after ourselves moving in such an environment it is marvelous to ponder that any creatures prefer it, and good to foreknow that our own world will swim out into a splendid frosty weather.
From Minstrel Weather by Storm, Marian
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