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foresee|fɔəˈsiː|
Also 4–6 forsee, (6 force, Sc. foirsee).
[OE. foreséon, f. fore- prefix + séon to see; cf. Ger. vorsehen.]
1. trans. To see beforehand, have prescience of. Often with obj. and inf. or with clause as obj.
c1000Ags. Ps. cxxxviii. [cxxxix.] 2 (Th.) Þu ealle mine weᵹas wel fore-sawe. c1400Destr. Troy 2247 Þat hedis to þe first, And for-sees not the fer end, what may falle after. 1513More in Grafton Chron. (1568) II. 781 He that of good heart and courage foresawe no perilles. 1581Marbeck Bk. Notes 331 God did fore-see and fore-knowe, that they should be dampned. 1611Bible Prov. xxvii. 12 A prudent man foreseeth the euil, and hideth himselfe. 1630Prynne Anti-Armin. 116 God from all eternity foresaw them in themselues to be such. 1725De Foe Voy. round World (1840) 41, I presently foresaw, that, if I went to the extremity, I should spoil the voyage. 1815Jane Austen Emma iv, Emma had very early foreseen how useful she might find her. 1883Froude Short Stud. IV. i. x. 112 The empire might be laid under interdict, with the consequences which everyone foresaw.
absol.1667Milton P.L. i. 627 What power of mind Foreseeing or presaging, from the Depth Of knowledge past or present. a1881Rossetti House of Life x, The shadowed eyes remember and foresee.
†b. Sc. To see previously; to have an interview with (a person) beforehand; to inspect or consider beforehand. Obs.
1592Sc. Acts Jas. VI (1814) III. 627 For dyuerss vtheris wechtie caussis and guid considerationis foirsene be his hienes. 1625Burgh Rec. Glasgow (1876) 348 That na maner of persoun..pas heirefter to..England without thai first foirsie the prouest and bailleis. 1663Spalding Troub. Chas. I (1829) 66 Thir articles were foreseen by the tables at Edinburgh, and order given to refuse the samen.
†2. To prepare beforehand or provide; in early use with dat. of person, later with to. Also, to provide of or with (something). Obs.
c900tr. Bæda's Hist. iv. i. (1891) 256 Þæt he him on his biscopscire ᵹerisne stowe foreseᵹe and salde. 1513Douglas æneis x. xii. 134 Thou sall de fyrst, quhat evyr to me forseyne Or providyt has mychty Jove. 1637R. Monro Exped. ii. 133 This Leaguer..at all sorting Ports, being well foreseene with slaught-bomes and triangles.
†b. To see to or take care about beforehand; to provide for or against. With simple obj., or obj. clause introduced by that. Obs.
c900tr. Bæda's Hist. i. xxvii. (1891) 66 Swylce eac be heora ondlifne is to þencenne and to foreseonne þæt [etc.]. 1526Househ. Ord. 139 The sewers..to have semblably charge to forsee that no part of the fruict..be in any wise purloyned. 1565Act 8 Eliz. c. 13 §1 The Master, Wardens and Assistants of the Trinity-house..are bound to foresee the good Increase and Maintenance of Ships. 1577Hanmer Anc. Eccl. Hist. 251 He supposed it was his bounden duety to foresee lest the..decrees of that councell should..be impayred. 1590Greene Never too late (1600) 62 He that forerepents forsees many perils. 1604Nottingham Rec. (1889) IV. 267 The 7 Aldermen,..be ouerseers for the towne to forsee the daunger of the visitacion. 1622Callis Stat. Sewers (1647) 5 The King..was bound to see and foresee the safety of this Realm. 1626Bacon Sylva §699 In Horse-Races Men are curious to fore-see, that there be not the least Weight upon the one Horse, more than vpon the other.
†3. intr. To exercise foresight, take care or precaution, make provision. Also, to look to or into beforehand. Obs.
1551T. Wilson Logike (1580) 84 Fire, nor yet water doe harme of them selves, but..the negligence of man, whiche forseeth not to them. a1590Marr. Wit & Wisd. (1846) 8 Well, as for that I shall for-se. 1594First Pt. Contention (1843) 33 Well hath your grace foreseen into that Duke. 1624Quarles Div. Poems, Job (1717) 228 He plots, complots, forsees, prevents, directs. a1626Bacon (J.), A king against a storm must foresee to a convenient stock of treasure.
†4. (alway) foreseen or foreseeing that: provided that.
1434E.E. Wills (1882) 99 Forseen alwey, that yf..my doughtres dye [etc.]. 1533Elyot Cast. Helthe ii. i. (1541) 16 b, Forseene alwaye that they eate withoute gourmandyse. 1550Privy Council Acts (1891) III. 79 Forseing that of their waiges they content their hostes for their victailes. 1600W. Vaughan Direct. Health (1633) 32 Foreseene also that they that shall drinke it thus, be not subject to the Chollicke.
Hence foreˈseeing vbl. n.; foreˈseeing ppl. a., characterized by foresight. fore-ˈseeingly adv.
c1374Chaucer Troylus iv. 961 (989) It were rather an opinyon Uncertein, and no stedfast forseynge. 1536Latimer 2nd Serm. bef. Convocation Wks. I. 43 Ought we to attribute it to..the forseeing of the kings grace? 1567Triall Treas. (1850) 18 Be circumspect, therefore, forseing and sapient. 1594Marlowe & Nashe Dido iv. iii, Follow your fore-seeing stars in all. a1653Gouge Comm. Heb. xi. 39 Gods..fore-seeing of this and that is justly stiled a providing it. 1728Vanbr. & Cib. Prov. Husb. i, What prudent care does this deep foreseeing nation take for the support of its worshipful families! 1802H. Martin Helen of Glenross I. 105 Your gloomy croaking ominous fore⁓seeings. 1848W. K. Kelly tr. L. Blanc's Hist. Ten Y. II. 567 A wise and foreseeing policy. 1857Ruskin Elem. Drawing iii. 205 You must go straight through them, knowingly and foreseeingly, all the way. |