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fore-approval

noun

Etymology

From fore- + approval.

  1. derived from approbō
  2. derived from aprover
  3. inherited from aproven
  4. suffixed as approval — “approve + al”
  5. prefixed as fore-approval — “fore + approval”

Definitions

  1. Approval granted beforehand or in advance.

    • The word "foreknow" in the text is significant of fore-approval, fore-delight, fore-love, approbation, and choice.
    • The "foreknowledge" spoken of is evidently a fore-approval; it denotes the resting of the mind of God beforehand upon the person with complacency and love.
    • Is it not evident, that his fore-approval, or election, of some to sonship upon earth merely, is a very different thing from his fore-approval, or election, of others to eternal sonship in heaven ?

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA