FORESEEING

Etymology 1

Verb

foreseeing

present participle of foresee

Etymology 2

Noun

foreseeing (plural foreseeings)

The act by which something is foreseen; a prophetic vision.

Source: Wiktionary


FORESEE

Fore*see", v. t. Etym: [AS. foreseón; fore + seón 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.

Fore*see", v. i.

Definition: To have or exercise foresight. [Obs.]

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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