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Foreknow vs Foreken - What's the difference?

foreknow | foreken |

As verbs the difference between foreknow and foreken

is that foreknow is to have knowledge of beforehand while foreken is to perceive, ken, or realise ahead of time; foreknow; preconceive.

As a noun foreken is

readiness for or anticipation of a perception; foreknowledge; preconception.

foreknow

English

Verb

  • To have knowledge of beforehand.
  • *
    • God hath not cast away his people which he foreknew .
  • * 1652 , , The Fame and Confe??ion of the Fraternity of R: C: Commonly, of the Ro?ie Cro?s; with a Præface annexed thereto, and a ?hort Declaration of their Phy?icall Work'' (''London'', Printed by ''J. M.'' for ''Giles Calvert'', at the black ?pread Eagle at the We?t end of ''Pauls ), pages 1–2 of “The Epi?tle to the Wi?e and Under?tanding Reader”
    • Wi?dom…is to a man an infinite Trea?ure, for ?he is the Breath of the Power of God, and a pure Influence that floweth from the Glory of the Almighty; ?he is the Brightne?s of Eternal Light, and an undefiled Mirror of the Maje?ty of God, and an Image of his Goodne?s; ?he teacheth us Soberne?s and Prudence, Righteou?ne?s and Strength; ?he under?tands the Subtilty of words, and Solution of dark ?entences; ?he foreknoweth Signs and Wonders, and what ?hall happen in time to come.

    Related terms

    * foreknowledge

    foreken

    English

    Verb

  • To perceive, ken, or realise ahead of time; foreknow; preconceive.
  • *2003 , Steven Pressfield, Last of the Amazons :
    • This before all elevates humankind above the beasts: we alone foreken our mortality. We alone know we must die.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Readiness for or anticipation of a perception; foreknowledge; preconception.
  • *1892 , Edward Elbridge Salisbury, Evelyn McCurdy Salisbury, Family histories and genealogies :
    • But Mr. Marcy, with that foreken which distinguishes statesmen from politicians, saw the coming time when the Pacific Coast population would emerge out of its transient humors, when it would feel the settled purposes of permanent [...]