foresense

foresense verb: to perceive or sense in advance.

Verb

foresense (third-person singular simple present foresenses, present participle foresensing, simple past and past participle foresensed)

To perceive or sense in advance.
- How could these publishers foresense (what anyone can now perceive) that to give Dr. Sidis their clients' humorous writings to quote from would be like giving a Gutenburg Bible to the baby?1913, Life
- He knows much, but he foresenses more than he chooses to tell."2006, Lloyd Alexander, The Castle of Llyr

foresense (uncountable)

The perception of a thing in advance.
The ability to perceive in advance.
- I said, "I know it's probably strange to have the gift of foresense. Just knowing someone would be great before anyone else does. But you were right."2011, Brandon C. Lay, 100 Monologues, Scenes and One Acts
Good or right judgement beforehand.
- The chairman of Vanderbilt's graduate department of religion, H. Jackson Forstman, had accepted Gore into his program with what he later called “the foresense to realize that this young man was going to get involved in a lot of other things […]"2000, David Maraniss, Ellen Nakashima, The Prince of Tennessee: The Rise of Al Gore

third-person singular present	foresenses
present participle	foresensing
past participle	foresensed
past	foresensed

From fore- + sense.

What does foresense mean?: Foresense means to perceive or sense in advance.
What part of speech is foresense?: Foresense can be a verb or a noun.
What is the past tense of foresense?: The past tense of foresense is foresensed.

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