Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to foreknow
Participle: foreknowed
Gerund: foreknowing
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | foreknow |
| you | foreknow |
| he;she;it | foreknows |
| we | foreknow |
| you | foreknow |
| they | foreknow |
Perfect
| I | have foreknowed |
| you | have foreknowed |
| he;she;it | has foreknowed |
| we | have foreknowed |
| you | have foreknowed |
| they | have foreknowed |
Past
| I | foreknowed |
| you | foreknowed |
| he;she;it | foreknowed |
| we | foreknowed |
| you | foreknowed |
| they | foreknowed |
Pluperfect
| I | had foreknowed |
| you | had foreknowed |
| he;she;it | had foreknowed |
| we | had foreknowed |
| you | had foreknowed |
| they | had foreknowed |
Future
| I | will foreknow |
| you | will foreknow |
| he;she;it | will foreknow |
| we | will foreknow |
| you | will foreknow |
| they | will foreknow |
Future Perfect
| I | will have foreknowed |
| you | will have foreknowed |
| he;she;it | will have foreknowed |
| we | will have foreknowed |
| you | will have foreknowed |
| they | will have foreknowed |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | foreknow |
| you | foreknow |
| he;she;it | foreknow |
| we | foreknow |
| you | foreknow |
| they | foreknow |
Perfect
| I | have foreknowed |
| you | have foreknowed |
| he;she;it | have foreknowed |
| we | have foreknowed |
| you | have foreknowed |
| they | have foreknowed |
Imperfect
| I | foreknowed |
| you | foreknowed |
| he;she;it | foreknowed |
| we | foreknowed |
| you | foreknowed |
| they | foreknowed |
Pluperfect
| I | had foreknowed |
| you | had foreknowed |
| he;she;it | had foreknowed |
| we | had foreknowed |
| you | had foreknowed |
| they | had foreknowed |
Conditional
Present
| I | would foreknow |
| you | would foreknow |
| he;she;it | would foreknow |
| we | would foreknow |
| you | would foreknow |
| they | would foreknow |
Perfect
| I | would have foreknowed |
| you | would have foreknowed |
| he;she;it | would have foreknowed |
| we | would have foreknowed |
| you | would have foreknowed |
| they | would have foreknowed |
Imperative
| you | foreknow |
| we | Let's foreknow |
| you | foreknow |
Verbs conjugated like 'foreknow'
abandon,
abduct,
abear,
aberr,
abject,
abord,
abort,
abound,
abraid,
abray,
abrook,
abscind,
abscond,
absist,
absorb,
abstain,
abstract,
accend,
accent,
accept, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'foreknow'
foreflow,
foreshow,
foreslow,
beknow,
fore-slow,
foredoom,
forefoot,
forego,
forehew,
forelook,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
From Middle English forknowen (since Chaucer), a calque from praescio equivalent to fore- + know. Replaced Old English fōrwitan, fōrewitan (“to foreknow”).
Sample Sentences
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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:]
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1652, Eugenius Philalethes, The Fame and Confeſſion of the Fraternity of R: C: Commonly, of the Roſie Croſs; with a Præface annexed thereto, and a ſhort Declaration of their Phyſicall Work (London, Printed by J. M. for Giles Calvert, at the black ſpread Eagle at the Weſt end of Pauls), pages 1–2 of “The Epiſtle to the Wiſe and Underſtanding Reader”
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Wiſdom…is to a man an infinite Treaſure, for ſhe is the Breath of the Power of God, and a pure Influence that floweth from the Glory of the Almighty; ſhe is the Brightneſs of Eternal Light, and an undefiled Mirror of the Majeſty of God, and an Image of his Goodneſs; ſhe teacheth us Soberneſs and Prudence, Righteouſneſs and Strength; ſhe underſtands the Subtilty of words, and Solution of dark ſentences; ſhe foreknoweth Signs and Wonders, and what ſhall happen in time to come.
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As it was, three of the oarsmen—who foreknew not the precise instant of the dart, and were therefore unprepared for its effects—these were flung out; […] [1851 November 14, Herman Melville, “The Chase.—Third Day.”, in Moby-Dick; or, The Whale, 1st American edition, New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers; London: Richard Bentley, →OCLC, page 630:]