foreseenadj.

Brit.

/(ˌ)fɔːˈsiːn/,

/fəˈsiːn/, U.S.

/fɔrˈsin/,

/fərˈsin/

Etymology: Past participle of foresee v.

†1. As participle. That has seen beforehand; previously acquainted or instructed in; aware of. to make foreseen: to acquaint or inform previously. Obsolete.

ΘΠ

the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > [adjective] > knowing, aware

wareOE

witterc1100

awarea1250

knowing1504

foreseen?1569

waring1571

guilty1599

cognoscent1649

self-conscious1694

sapient1764

knowledgeable1825

cognizant1839

knowful1937

the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > knowledge, what is known > [adjective] > possessing knowledge, informed > previously

foreseen?1569

?1569 Earl of Moray Copie of Let. to Ld. Burghley (Harl. 290) f. 47^v Her highnes had ben foreseen in the dukes desseigne.

1577 Lochlevin Let. to Morton in Robertson Hist. Scot. App. 72 I tho't good to make your grace forseen of the same.

1597 P. Lowe Art Chirurg. (1634) iv. vii. 89 For the which the parents and friends would be foreseene of the danger which may happen.

a1651 D. Calderwood Hist. Kirk Scotl. (1678) II. 490 Kersewell was rebooked for accepting the Bishoprick of the Isles, without making the Assembly foreseen.

2. That is seen beforehand; also, †known beforehand by sight to.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > expectation > foresight, foreknowledge > [adjective] > foreseen or foreknown

foreseen1532

foreknown1550

foreknowledged1577

the world > the supernatural > deity > Christian God > nature or attributes of God > [adjective] > knowing or omniscient > foreseen by

foreseen1532

1532 T. More Confut. Tyndale in Wks. 573/1 An elect foresene to god from the beginning.

a1600 R. Hooker Answere Supplic. W. Travers (1612) 27 They are not reiected..without a foreseene worthinesse of reiection going..in order before.

1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Æneis vi, in tr. Virgil Wks. 394 At his fore-seen Approach, already quake The Caspian Kingdoms.

1790 E. Burke Refl. Revol. in France 108 A burst of enthusiasm on the foreseen consequences of this happy day.

a1856 W. Hamilton Lect. Metaphysics (1860) III. xxiii. 454 To move in a foreseen, and, consequently, a determinate, direction.

1856 R. W. Emerson Eng. Traits xiv. 253 No sublime augury cheers the student, no secure striding from experiment onward to a foreseen law.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	foreseen
释义	foreseenadj. Brit. /(ˌ)fɔːˈsiːn/, /fəˈsiːn/, U.S. /fɔrˈsin/, /fərˈsin/ Etymology: Past participle of foresee v. †1. As participle. That has seen beforehand; previously acquainted or instructed in; aware of. to make foreseen: to acquaint or inform previously. Obsolete. ΘΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > [adjective] > knowing, aware wareOE witterc1100 awarea1250 knowing1504 foreseen?1569 waring1571 guilty1599 cognoscent1649 self-conscious1694 sapient1764 knowledgeable1825 cognizant1839 knowful1937 the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > knowledge, what is known > [adjective] > possessing knowledge, informed > previously foreseen?1569 ?1569 Earl of Moray Copie of Let. to Ld. Burghley (Harl. 290) f. 47^v Her highnes had ben foreseen in the dukes desseigne. 1577 Lochlevin Let. to Morton in Robertson Hist. Scot. App. 72 I tho't good to make your grace forseen of the same. 1597 P. Lowe Art Chirurg. (1634) iv. vii. 89 For the which the parents and friends would be foreseene of the danger which may happen. a1651 D. Calderwood Hist. Kirk Scotl. (1678) II. 490 Kersewell was rebooked for accepting the Bishoprick of the Isles, without making the Assembly foreseen. 2. That is seen beforehand; also, †known beforehand by sight to. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > expectation > foresight, foreknowledge > [adjective] > foreseen or foreknown foreseen1532 foreknown1550 foreknowledged1577 the world > the supernatural > deity > Christian God > nature or attributes of God > [adjective] > knowing or omniscient > foreseen by foreseen1532 1532 T. More Confut. Tyndale in Wks. 573/1 An elect foresene to god from the beginning. a1600 R. Hooker Answere Supplic. W. Travers (1612) 27 They are not reiected..without a foreseene worthinesse of reiection going..in order before. 1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Æneis vi, in tr. Virgil Wks. 394 At his fore-seen Approach, already quake The Caspian Kingdoms. 1790 E. Burke Refl. Revol. in France 108 A burst of enthusiasm on the foreseen consequences of this happy day. View more context for this quotation a1856 W. Hamilton Lect. Metaphysics (1860) III. xxiii. 454 To move in a foreseen, and, consequently, a determinate, direction. 1856 R. W. Emerson Eng. Traits xiv. 253 No sublime augury cheers the student, no secure striding from experiment onward to a foreseen law. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1532
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