Foreknowledge or understanding of something before it happens; wisdom about future events.
From 'fore-' (before) + 'wit' (knowledge, understanding—an older meaning of this word). 'Wit' comes from Old English meaning to know. This archaic term is rarely used today.
In older English, 'wit' meant 'to know' (we still have 'outwit')—so 'forewit' literally means 'to know beforehand,' and medieval philosophers debated whether God's forewit meant humans truly have free will!
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