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foreken

foreken verb: to perceive, ken, or realise ahead of time; foreknow; preconceive.

Verb

foreken (third-person singular simple present forekens, present participle forekenning, simple past and past participle forekenned or forekent)

  1. (transitive) To perceive, ken, or realise ahead of time; foreknow; preconceive.
    • This before all elevates humankind above the beasts: we alone foreken our mortality. We alone know we must die.2003, Steven Pressfield, Last of the Amazons

Noun

foreken (uncountable)

  1. Readiness for or anticipation of a perception; foreknowledge; preconception.
    • But Mr. Marcy, with that foreken which distinguishes statesmen from politicians, saw the coming time when the Pacific Coast population would emerge out of its transient humors, when it would feel the settled purposes of permanent [...]1892, Edward Elbridge Salisbury, Evelyn McCurdy Salisbury, Family histories and genealogies

Forms of foreken

third-person singular presentforekens
present participleforekenning
past participleforekenned
pastforekenned
past participleforekent
pastforekent

Origin of foreken

From fore- + ken.

Questions about foreken

What does foreken mean?
Foreken means to perceive, ken, or realise ahead of time; foreknow; preconceive.
What part of speech is foreken?
Foreken can be a verb or a noun.
What is the past tense of foreken?
The past tense of foreken is forekenned.

Words near foreken in the dictionary

  1. forejudgers
  2. forejudges
  3. forejudging
  4. forejudgment
  5. forejudgments
  6. foreken
  7. forekent
  8. forekidney
  9. forekidneys
  10. foreking
  11. forekings

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