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Definition of previse in English: previseverb prɪˈvʌɪzprēˈvīz [with object]literary Foresee or predict (an event) he had intelligence to previse the possible future Example sentencesExamples - The future cannot be prevised except in a general way, in an unfinished universe where science must expect to revise its formulations in further research.
Derivatives noun prɪˈvɪʒ(ə)nˌpriˈvɪʒ(ə)n literary A feeling or prediction about a future event. a wise prevision of what is to come Example sentencesExamples - mass noun our powers of rational prevision
- Is the appearance of design in organisms (as exhibited in their functional complexity) the result of purely natural forces acting without prevision or teleology?
- Unfortunately, for obtaining a prevision of such events, not a penny was spent.
- The only fiction which she ever wrote in the first person, it tells of a young man, Latimer, whose dubious gift of prevision causes him repeatedly to relive the moment of his approaching death.
adjective prɪˈvɪʒ(ə)n(ə)l literary Some scientific investigators consider precognition a branch of clairvoyance and call it previsional clairvoyance.
Origin Late 16th century: from Latin praevis- 'foreseen, anticipated', from the verb praevidere, from prae 'before' + videre 'to see'. Rhymes advise, apprise, apprize, arise, assize, capsize, chastise, comprise, demise, despise, devise, downsize, excise, flies, guise, incise, low-rise, misprize, outsize, prise, prize, remise, revise, rise, size, surmise, surprise, uprise, wise Definition of previse in US English: previseverbprēˈvīz [with object]literary Foresee or predict (an event) he had intelligence to previse the possible future Example sentencesExamples - The future cannot be prevised except in a general way, in an unfinished universe where science must expect to revise its formulations in further research.
Origin Late 16th century: from Latin praevis- ‘foreseen, anticipated’, from the verb praevidere, from prae ‘before’ + videre ‘to see’. |