foreknow

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Question at times She made, yet seemed the answer to foreknow.

From Legends of the Saxon Saints by De Vere, Aubrey

They could not hope to outdo Shakespeare and foreknow their respective Hamlets; they must slowly make their Hamlets' acquaintance by living with them.

From Imaginary Interviews by Howells, William Dean

It is readily conceded, that, in the order of nature, the Divine Being could not foreknow that a world would certainly exist, until he had determined to create it.

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

In short, if one can foreknow what a comparison will reveal, telepathy before the comparison is unproven.

From The Leader by Dongen, H. R. van

Happy minds that can redeem Their engagements how they please, That no joys or hopes esteem Half so precious as their ease: Wisdom should prepare men so, As if they did all foreknow.

From Lyrics from the Song-Books of the Elizabethan Age by Bullen, A. H. (Arthur Henry)