foreapprove
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
21
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
verb
To approve beforehand.
Example Sentences
- "To foreknow is to foreapprove, or approved before on account of obedience to his will, hence Paul says, "God hath not cast away his people whom he foreknew."
- "God purposed from eternity that those whom he foreapproved should be conformed to the image of his Son."
- "Distinct meanings: (1) To know before, whether a person (Acts 26:5), or a thing (II Pet. 3:17). (2) To foreknow with approbation, to foreapprove or make a previous choice of, as a peculiar people (Amos 32, ginoskō in the Septuagint; I Pet. […])"
- "[It is used] to foreapprove or to make a previous choice of (Romans 8:29). To foreknow is to foreordain as they are logically coordinate terms."
Etymology
Word Breakdown
Inflected Forms
foreapproves (present, singular)
foreapproving (participle, present)
foreapproved (participle, past)
foreapproved (past)
Frequently Paired Words
foreapproval