foreknow

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"Whom He did foreknow He also did predestinate to be conformed to the Image of His Son."

From Natural Law in the Spiritual World by Drummond, Henry

Now one makes use of a vain and false opinion if, by observing the stars, one desires to foreknow the future that cannot be forecast by their means.

From Summa Theologica, Part II-II (Secunda Secundae) Translated by Fathers of the English Dominican Province by Thomas, Aquinas, Saint

When they sought for the cause, it was mainly in order to control the effect or if it was uncontrollable, to foreknow and adapt their conduct to it.

From Auguste Comte and Positivism by Mill, John Stuart

He was a predictor, using his occult gift of second sight to foreknow events and tell The Leader about them.

From The Leader by Dongen, H. R. van

Yet how foreknow and dread in one breath, unless with this divine seeming power of prescience, you blend the actual slimy powerlessness of defense?

From Pierre; or The Ambiguities by Melville, Herman