Category:Foresee

Fore*see", v. t. Etym: [AS. foreseón; fore + seón 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.

foresee Fore*see", v. i.

Defn: To have or exercise foresight. [Obs.]