foreknow

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But after ourselves moving in such an environment it is marvelous to ponder that any creatures prefer it, and good to foreknow that our own world will swim out into a splendid frosty weather.

From Minstrel Weather by Storm, Marian

Those who marry are considered to foreknow and to foresee these duties, and to pledge themselves to do the best in their power to discharge them.

From English Secularism A Confession Of Belief by Holyoake, George Jacob

For while still dreading your doom, you foreknow it.

From Pierre; or The Ambiguities by Melville, Herman

“Whom He did foreknow He also did predestinate to be conformed to the image of His Son.”

From Orthography As Outlined in the State Course of Study for Illinois by Cavins, Elmer W.

If, indeed, it was necessary for God to decree an event, in order to foreknow it, this inference might be just.

From Calvinistic Controversy Embracing a Sermon on Predestination and Election and Several Numbers, Formally Published in the Christian Advocate and Journal. by Fisk, Wilbur