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foresee (v.)
Old English
foreseon
"have a premonition," from
fore-
"before" +
seon
"to see, see ahead" (see
see
(v.)). Perhaps modeled on Latin
providere
. Related:
Foresaw
;
foreseeing
;
foreseen
. Similar formation in Dutch
voorzien
, German
vorsehen
.