Past tense of foreknow; to have known something in advance or before it happened.
From fore- (before) + knew (past tense of know, from Old English cnāwan). Archaic past tense expressing prior knowledge of future events.
This word appears frequently in religious texts and prophecy discussions—'He foreknew all things'—and it became important in debates about divine omniscience versus human free will.
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