foreknow

Valid in Scrabble

Scrabble points: 18
Words With Friends: 19
Letters: 8

Pronunciation

/ˌfɔːˈnəʊ/ (UK)

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/ˌfɔːˈnəʊ/ (UK) · /ˌfɔɹˈnoʊ/ (US)

Definition of foreknow

1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included

verb

To have knowledge of beforehand.

“God hath not reiected his people vvhich he foreknevve.”
“As it was, three of the oarsmen—who foreknew not the precise instant of the dart, and were therefore unprepared for its effects—these were flung out; […]”

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Etymology

From Middle English forknowen (since Chaucer), a calque from praescio equivalent to fore- + know. Replaced Old English fōrwitan, fōrewitan (“to foreknow”).

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