different between foreknowledge vs foreknow

English

Etymology

fore- +? knowledge; equivalent to Grecian cognate prognosis and Latinate cognate precognition.

Noun

foreknowledge (usually uncountable, plural foreknowledges)

1. Knowing beforehand, prescience, foresight, precognition

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• foreknow

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English

Etymology

From Middle English forknowen, equivalent to fore- +? know. Replaced Old English f?rwitan, f?rewitan (“to foreknow”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?f???n??/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?f???no?/

Verb

foreknow (third-person singular simple present foreknows, present participle foreknowing, simple past foreknew, past participle foreknown)

1. To have knowledge of beforehand.

   • God hath not cast away his people which he foreknew.

   • 1652, Eugenius Philalethes, The Fame and Confe??ion of the Fraternity of R: C: Commonly, of the Ro?ie Cro?s; with a Præface annexed thereto, and a ?hort Declaration of their Phy?icall Work (London, Printed by J. M. for Giles Calvert, at the black ?pread Eagle at the We?t end of Pauls), pages 1–2 of “The Epi?tle to the Wi?e and Under?tanding Reader”

     Wi?dom…is to a man an infinite Trea?ure, for ?he is the Breath of the Power of God, and a pure Influence that floweth from the Glory of the Almighty; ?he is the Brightne?s of Eternal Light, and an undefiled Mirror of the Maje?ty of God, and an Image of his Goodne?s; ?he teacheth us Soberne?s and Prudence, Righteou?ne?s and Strength; ?he under?tands the Subtilty of words, and Solution of dark ?entences; ?he foreknoweth Signs and Wonders, and what ?hall happen in time to come.

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• foreknowledge

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