forsee

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Definition of forsee in English English dictionary

to disregard, despise or overlook

Could I forsee the sunken rocks of life? - Victor Roy, a Masonic Poem by Harriet Annie Wilkins, 1882.

to see, ken, perceive

The reasone why the Commissioner did so muche presse the reading of the declinator was, because he forsaw that they meant to putt him to a dilemma which still should bring ane inconvenience along with it.

Turkish pronunciation

fırsi

Pronunciation

/fərˈsē/ /fɜrˈsiː/

Etymology

() From Middle English forseen, forsen, from Old English forsēon (“to look down upon, despise”), equivalent to for- +‎ see. Compare Old Saxon forsehan, Old High German farsehan (Middle High German versehen).