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Foresee v. t. (past foresaw; past part. foreseen; pres. part. foreseeing)

To see beforehand; to have prescience of; to foreknow. "A prudent man foreseeth the evil."

To provide. (Obs.) "Great shoals of people, which go on to populate, without foreseeing means of life."

Foresee v. i. (past foresaw; past part. foreseen; pres. part. foreseeing) To have or exercise foresight. (Obs.)

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"Foresee" Quotes from Famous Books

... "I foresee what ye desire of me," cried the king. "Am I wrong, priest, in supposing that your petition refers to the building of the temple in your ...

— Uarda • Georg Ebers

... why That cruel question ask of me, When thou mayst read in many an eye He starts to life on seeing thee? And shouldst thou seek his end to know: My heart forebodes, my fears foresee, He'll linger long in silent woe; But live until—I ...

— The Works Of Lord Byron, Vol. 3 (of 7) • Lord Byron

... them, and answered him, saying: "Do not underestimate thyself, O Joshua, but be light of heart, and pay heed to my words. All the nations that dwell in the universe hath God created, and us also. Them and us did He foresee from the beginning of the creation of the universe even unto the end of the world, and He overlooked nothing, even down to the smallest, but He at the same time foresaw and foredoomed everything. All that was to happen in this universe ...

— THE LEGENDS OF THE JEWS VOLUME III BIBLE TIMES AND CHARACTERS - FROM THE EXODUS TO THE DEATH OF MOSES • BY LOUIS GINZBERG

... favor of her son, who was crowned king in July 1567. The earl of Murray was declared regent: and a parliament assembled about the close of the year confirmed all these acts of the confederate lords, and sanctioned the detention of the deposed queen in a captivity of which none could then foresee the termination. Elizabeth ordered her ambassador to abstain from countenancing by his presence the coronation of the king of Scots, and she continued to negotiate for the restoration of Mary: but ...

— Memoirs of the Court of Queen Elizabeth • Lucy Aikin

... strange. What is strange is that I—that I didn't foresee it all. But if I had," he added firmly, "I'd have done it just the same—unless by doing it I've really done you more ...

— The Trail of the Lonesome Pine • John Fox, Jr.

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