foreknown
foreknown is the past participle of foreknow.
Meaning of foreknow
Verb
foreknow (third-person singular simple present foreknows, present participle foreknowing, simple past foreknew, past participle foreknown)
- To have knowledge of beforehand.
- God hath not reiected his people vvhich he foreknevve.1582, The Nevv Testament of Iesus Christ: […] (Douay–Rheims Bible), Rheims: Iohn Fogny, →OCLC, Romanes 11:2, page 409
Adjective
foreknown (comparative more foreknown, superlative most foreknown)
- anticipated or predicted
- My truths are all foreknown,
This anguish self-revealed.
I’m naked to the bone,
With nakedness my shield.1941, Theodore Roethke, “Open House”, in Open House, New York, N.Y.: Alfred A[braham] Knopf, →OCLC; republished in The Collected Poems of Theodore Roethke, London: Faber and Faber […], 1968, →OCLC...
- My truths are all foreknown,
Forms of foreknown
| comparative | more foreknown |
|---|---|
| superlative | most foreknown |
Words formed from foreknown
Questions about foreknown
- What does foreknown mean?
- Foreknown means anticipated or predicted.
- What is foreknown the past participle of?
- Foreknown is the past participle of foreknow.
- What part of speech is foreknown?
- Foreknown is an adjective.
Words near foreknown in the dictionary
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