Hypertext Webster Gateway: "foresee"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Foresee \Fore*see"\, v. i.
To have or exercise foresight. [Obs.]
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
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}]
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