foreknow Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. verb realize beforehand
    anticipate; foresee; previse.

WordNet


Fore*know" transitive verb
Wordforms
imperfect Foreknew ; past participle Foreknown ; present participle & verbal noun Foreknowing
Definitions
  1. To have previous knowledge of; to know beforehand.
    Who would the miseries of man foreknow? Dryden.

Webster 1913