foreknow

verb
/ˌfɔːˈnəʊ/UK/ˌfɔɹˈnoʊ/US

Etymology

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

  1. inherited from forknowen

Definitions

  1. 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; […]

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for foreknow. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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