foresee

Verb
Synonyms: anticipatepreviseforeknowenvisionforestallcounter

WordNet 3.0

Verb (3)

  1. realize beforehandSynonyms: anticipatepreviseforeknow
  2. picture to oneself; imagine possible“I cannot envision him as President”Synonyms: envision
  3. act in advance of; deal with ahead of timeSynonyms: anticipateforestallcounter
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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

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. [1913 Webster]

A prudent man foreseeth the evil.— Prov. xxii. 3.[1913 Webster]

2.To provide. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]

Great shoals of people, which go on to populate, without foreseeing means of life.— Bacon.[1913 Webster]
Foresee \Fore*see"\, v. i. To have or exercise foresight. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
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