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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)
foresee
    v 1: realize beforehand [syn: anticipate, previse,
         foreknow, foresee]
    2: picture to oneself; imagine possible; "I cannot envision him
       as President" [syn: envision, foresee]
    3: act in advance of; deal with ahead of time [syn:
       anticipate, foresee, forestall, counter]

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
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.
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            A prudent man foreseeth the evil.     --Prov. xxii.
                                                  3.
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   2. To provide. [Obs.]
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            Great shoals of people, which go on to populate,
            without foreseeing means of life.     --Bacon.
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3. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Foresee \Fore*see"\, v. i.
   To have or exercise foresight. [Obs.]
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Thesaurus Results for Foresee:

1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
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