What does foreknow mean?
Definitions for foreknow
fɔrˈnoʊ, foʊr-fore·know
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Princeton's WordNet
anticipate, previse, foreknow, foreseeverb
realize beforehand
Wiktionary
foreknowverb
To have knowledge of beforehand, to precognise.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
To Foreknowverb
To have prescience of; to foresee.
Etymology: fore and know.
We foreknow that the sun will rise and set, that all men born in the world shall die again; that after Winter the Spring shall come; after the Spring, Summer and harvest; yet is not our foreknowledge the cause of any of those. Walter Raleigh.
He foreknew John should not suffer a violent death, but go into his grave in peace. Thomas Browne, Vulgar Errours, b. vii. c. 10.
Calchas the sacred seer, who had in view
Things present and the past, and things to come foreknew. John Dryden, Iliad.Who would the miseries of man foreknow?
Not knowing, we but share our part of woe. Dryden.
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foreknow
Foreknow is to be aware of something or have specific knowledge about it before it happens or comes into existence. It refers to predicting, foreseeing or having prior knowledge of an event or situation.
Webster Dictionary
Foreknowverb
to have previous knowledge of; to know beforehand
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Foreknow
fōr-nō′, v.t. to know beforehand: to foresee.—adj. Foreknow′ing.—adv. Foreknow′ingly.—n. Foreknowl′edge, knowledge of a thing before it happens.—adj. Foreknown′.
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Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of foreknow in Chaldean Numerology is: 6
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of foreknow in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8
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