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foresee

fore.see \fo-r-'se-, fo.r-\ \-'se--*-b*l, f*r-\ \fo-r-'se--*r, fo.r-, 
   -'si(-*)r\ vt : to see (as a development) beforehand : FOREKNOW ICIPATE 
   mean to know beforehand. FORESEE implies nothing about how the knowledge is 
   derived and may apply to ordinary reasoning and experience; FOREKNOW usu. 
   implies supernatural assistance, as through revelation; DIVINE adds to 
   FORESEE the suggestion of exceptional wisdom or discernment; APPREHEND 
   implies foresight mingled with uncertainty, anxiety, or dread; ANTICIPATE 
   implies taking action about or responding emotionally to something before 
   it happens - fore.see.able aj SYN syn FORESEE, FOREKNOW, DIVINE, APPREHEND, 
   ANT