Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Not previously known or foreseen.
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- adjective Not
known in advance .
Etymologies
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Examples
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And, no doubt, it was destiny of a sort, unforeknown, deceitful, apparently malignant, that sent Charlotte back again to Brussels after her aunt's death.
The Three Brontes Sinclair, May 1912
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In the far region of the unforeknown I dream a tortoise upon every throne.
INTERNET WIRETAP: The Devil's Dictionary, by Ambrose Bierce (1993 Edition) 1911
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And, no doubt, it was destiny of a sort, unforeknown, deceitful, apparently malignant, that sent Charlotte back again to
The Three Brontës May Sinclair 1904
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Yet the mere fact of His knowing this does not determine it to be so, for you would have pursued the same course that you have pursued, even if it could have been unforeknown.
One of the wonders of the age, or, The life and times of Rev. Johnson Olive, Wake County, North Carolina, Johnson Olive 1886
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119: Which had no less prov'd certain unforeknown.
Paradise Lost (1667) 1667
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