foreknowable

English

Etymology

From foreknow +‎ -able.

Adjective

foreknowable (not comparable)

1. That may be known in advance.
   • 1668, Franciscus Euistor the Palæopolite [pseudonym; Henry More], “(please specify the page)”, in Divine Dialogues, Containing Sundry Disquisitions & Instructions Concerning the Attributes of God and His Providence in the World. […], 2nd edition, London: […] Joseph Downing […], published 1713, →OCLC:

     It is certainly foreknowable what they will do in such and such circumstances

   • 1911, J. A. Smith (translator), Aristotle (original), Nicomachean Ethics, "Introduction

References

• “foreknowable”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.