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fore·know  (fôr-n, fr-)
tr.v. fore·knew (-n, -ny), fore·known (-nn), fore·know·ing, fore·knows
To have foreknowledge of, especially by supernatural means or through revelation.
foreknow [fɔːˈnəʊ]
vb -knows, -knowing, -knew, -known
(tr) to know in advance
foreknowable  adj
foreknowledge  n
foreknowingly  adv
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Verb1.foreknow - realize beforehand
foresee, previse, anticipate
know - be aware of the truth of something; have a belief or faith in something; regard as true beyond any doubt; "I know that I left the key on the table"; "Galileo knew that the earth moves around the sun"


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Most of us think that God foreknows everything; a few among us think that God foreknows all that can be known but not everything (this is the view that in the past decade became known as "open theism.
Traditional Baptists and Calvinism: if we are not Calvinists, what ... by Humphreys, Fisher / Baptist History and Heritage
Aragorn's heroic stature is most fully revealed in his death, which he foreknows and chooses.
Types of heroism in The Lord of the Rings by Lakowski, Romuald Ian / Mythlore
103) The ethical consequences of this doctrine are disturbing: God's will, according to Calvin, is the active cause of every event or action, either good or evil; and God foreknows who will be damned and saved for the very good reason that he has willed it from all eternity.
The dreamer's path: Descartes and the Sixteenth Century by Keefer, Michael H. / Renaissance Quarterly
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