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Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Foresee \Fore*see"\, v. t. [AS. forese['o]n; fore + se['o]n to
   see. See {See}, v. t.]
   1. To see beforehand; to have prescience of; to foreknow.

            A prudent man foreseeth the evil.     --Prov. xxii.
                                                  3.

   2. To provide. [Obs.]

            Great shoals of people, which go on to populate,
            without foreseeing means of life.     --Bacon.

Foresee \Fore*see"\, v. i.
   To have or exercise foresight. [Obs.]

Source : WordNet®

foresee
     v 1: realize beforehand [syn: {anticipate}, {previse}, {foreknow}]
     2: picture to oneself; imagine possible; "I cannot envision him
        as President" [syn: {envision}]
     3: act in advance of; deal with ahead of time [syn: {anticipate},
         {forestall}, {counter}]
     [also: {foreseen}, {foresaw}]
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