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  • 111foretell — [v] predict, warn adumbrate, announce, anticipate, apprehend, augur, auspicate, betoken, bode, call, call it*, call the shot*, crystal ball it*, declare, disclose, divine, divulge, dope*, dope out*, figure, figure out*, forebode, forecast,… …

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  • 112foreknowledge and freedom, problem of —    Either I ll stay in tomorrow or I ll go out tomorrow. Suppose that I shall stay in tomorrow. Then God, who has perfect knowledge, surely knows now that I shall stay in tomorrow. But then how can I be free to go out tomorrow, since if I were to …

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  • 113foresee — [fôr sē′] vt. foresaw, foreseen, foreseeing [ME forseyn < OE foreseon] to see beforehand; know beforehand; foreknow foreseeable adj. foreseer n …

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  • 114precognition — [prē΄käg nish′ən] n. [LL praecognitio < L praecognitus, pp. of praecognoscere, to foreknow < prae , PRE + cognoscere, to know: see COGNITION] Parapsychology the perception of an event, condition, etc. before it occurs, esp. by extrasensory… …

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  • 115foreknowable — ōəbəl adjective : being or capable of being known in advance a foreknowable verdict * * * foreknowˈable adjective • • • Main Entry: ↑fore …

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  • 116foreknowingly — adverb : with foreknowledge * * * foreknowˈingly adverb • • • Main Entry: ↑fore …

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  • 117precognosce — (|)prē+ transitive verb ( ed/ ing/ s) Etymology: Latin praecognoscere to foreknow Scots law : to examine in the proceeding of precognition …

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  • 118fore|knew — «fr NOO, NYOO; fohr », verb. the past tense of foreknow …

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  • 119fore|known — «fr NOHN, fohr », verb. the past participle of foreknow …

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  • 120pre|sci|ence — «PREE shee uhns, PREHSH ee », noun. knowledge of things before they exist or happen; foreknowledge; foresight: »People used to believe that animals have an instinctive prescience of the approach of danger. The day Archduke Franz Ferdinand was… …

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