forsee
verbEtymology From Middle English forseen, forsen, from Old English forsēon (“to look down upon, despise”), equivalent to for- + see. Compare Old Saxon farsehan, Old High German farsehan (Middle High German versehen).
- Could I forsee the sunken rocks of life?1882, Victor Roy, A Masonic Poem by Harriet Annie Wilkins:
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Alternative Alternative spelling of foresee.
- The reasone why the Commissioner did so muche presse the reading of the declinator was, because he forsaw that they meant to putt him to a dilemma which still should bring ane inconvenience along with it …1841, Gordon, History of Scots Affairs, from 1637 - 1641 (quote from 1638)
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