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foresee |
3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Foresee \Fore*see"\, v. t. [AS. forese['o]n; fore + se['o]n to see See {See}, v. t.] 1. To see beforehand; to have prescience of to foreknow. A prudent man foreseeth the evil. --Prov. xxii. 3. 2. To provide. [Obs.] Great shoals of people, which go on to populate, without foreseeing means of life. --Bacon. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Foresee \Fore*see"\, v. i. To have or exercise foresight. [Obs.] From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: foresee v 1: realize beforehand [syn: {anticipate}, {foreknow}] 2: picture to oneself [syn: {envision}] 3: act in advance of deal with ahead of time [syn: {anticipate}, {forestall}, {counter}]
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