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foreknow

fo·rek·now

UK/ˌfɔːˈnəʊ/ US/ˌfɔɹˈnoʊ/ uncommon

verb

Origin

From Middle English forknowen (since Chaucer), a calque from praescio equivalent to fore- + know. Replaced Old English fōrwitan, fōrewitan (“to foreknow”).

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