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foreseest

foreseest is the second-person singular simple present indicative of foresee.

Meaning of foresee

Verb

foresee (third-person singular simple present foresees, present participle foreseeing, simple past foresaw, past participle foreseen)

  1. To perceive (a situation or event) in advance.
    • A prudent man foreſeeth the euill, and hideth himſelfe: but the ſimple paſſe on, and are puniſhed.1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Proverbs 22:3
  2. (obsolete) To provide.
    • Great shoals of people, which go on to populate, without foreseeing means of life.1625, Francis [Bacon], “Of Vicissitude of Things”, in The Essayes […], 3rd edition, London: […] Iohn Haviland for Hanna Barret, →OCLC

Origin of foreseest

foresee + -est

Questions about foreseest

What is foreseest the second-person singular simple present indicative of?
Foreseest is the second-person singular simple present indicative of foresee.

Words near foreseest in the dictionary

  1. foreseeking
  2. foreseen
  3. foreseer
  4. foreseers
  5. foresees
  6. foreseest
  7. foreseeth
  8. foreseize
  9. foreseized
  10. foreseizing
  11. foresend

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