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forsee
forsee
English
Verb
forsee (third-person singular simple present forsees, present participle forseeing, simple past forsaw, past participle forseen)
- (transitive, Britain dialectal, Scotland) To neglect; overlook; disregard; despise.
- 1882, Victor Roy, A Masonic Poem by Harriet Annie Wilkins:
- Could I forsee the sunken rocks of life?
- 1882, Victor Roy, A Masonic Poem by Harriet Annie Wilkins:
- Alternative spelling of foresee
- 1841, Gordon, History of Scots Affairs, from 1637 - 1641 (quote from 1638):
- 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 [...]
- 1841, Gordon, History of Scots Affairs, from 1637 - 1641 (quote from 1638):
- (transitive, Britain dialectal, Scotland) To oversee; superintend; direct.
References
- OED 2nd edition 1989
- Wright, The English Dialect Dictionary, Forsee.