- foreséon
- sv/t5 3rd pres foresíehð past foreseah/foresáwon ptp foresewen to foresee; provide; provide for
Old to modern English dictionary. 2013.
foreséon
Look at other dictionaries:
foresee — foreseeable, adj. foreseeability, n. foreseer, n. /fawr see , fohr /, v., foresaw, foreseen, foreseeing. v.t. 1. to have prescience of; to know in advance; foreknow. 2. to see beforehand. v.i. 3. to exercise foresight. [bef. 900; ME; OE foreseon … Universalium
for- — prefix 1. denotes loss, destruction, deterioration, or gives an opposite sense, or gives strength to the words before which it is placed; forbéodan to forbid, fordéman to condemn; sometimes fór denotes an increase of the signification of the word … Old to modern English dictionary
foresee — (v.) O.E. foreseon have a premonition, from FORE (Cf. fore ) before + seon to see, see ahead (see SEE (Cf. see) (v.)). Related: Foresaw; foreseeing; foreseen … Etymology dictionary
foresee — verb (foresees, foreseeing, foresaw; past participle foreseen) be aware of beforehand; predict. Derivatives foreseeability noun foreseeable adjective foreseeably adverb foreseer … English new terms dictionary
foresee — [c]/fɔˈsi / (say faw see) verb (foresaw, foreseen, foreseeing) –verb (t) 1. to see beforehand; have prescience of; foreknow. –verb (i) 2. to exercise foresight. {Middle English; Old English foresēon, from fore fore + sēon see1} –foreseeable …
foresee — [fôr sē′] vt. foresaw, foreseen, foreseeing [ME forseyn < OE foreseon] to see beforehand; know beforehand; foreknow foreseeable adj. foreseer n … English World dictionary
foresee — v.tr. (past saw; past part. seen) (often foll. by that + clause) see or be aware of beforehand. Derivatives: foreseeable adj. foreseeability n. foreseer n. Etymology: OE foreseon (as FORE + SEE(1)) … Useful english dictionary
fore|see — «fr SEE, fohr », verb, saw, seen, see|ing. –v.t. to see or know beforehand: »We didn t take our bathing suits, because we could foresee that the water would be cold. SYNONYM(S): anticipate, divine. –v.i. to use foresight. ╂ … Useful english dictionary
