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”).
- inherited from forknowen
Definitions
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