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English Dictionary: foresee by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
foresee
v
  1. realize beforehand [syn: anticipate, previse, foreknow, foresee]
  2. picture to oneself; imagine possible; "I cannot envision him as President"
    Synonym(s): envision, foresee
  3. act in advance of; deal with ahead of time
    Synonym(s): anticipate, foresee, forestall, counter
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Foresee \Fore*see"\, v. t. [AS. forese[a2]n; fore + se[a2]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.]
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