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forsee

forsee verb: to neglect; overlook; disregard; despise. Also the alternative spelling of foresee.

Verb

forsee (third-person singular simple present forsees, present participle forseeing, simple past forsaw, past participle forseen)

  1. (Scotland, UK, dialectal, transitive) To neglect; overlook; disregard; despise.
    • Could I forsee the sunken rocks of life?1882, Victor Roy, A Masonic Poem by Harriet Annie Wilkins
  2. (Scotland, UK, dialectal, transitive) To oversee; superintend; direct.

Also used as

forsee is also the alternative spelling of foresee.

Forms of forsee

third-person singular presentforsees
present participleforseeing
pastforsaw
past participleforseen

Origin of forsee

From Middle English forseen, forsen, from Old English forsēon (“to look down upon, despise”), equivalent to for- + see. Compare Old Saxon farsehan, Old High German farsehan (Middle High German versehen).

Questions about forsee

What does forsee mean?
Forsee means to neglect; overlook; disregard; despise.
What part of speech is forsee?
Forsee is a verb.
What is the past tense of forsee?
The past tense of forsee is forsaw.

Words near forsee in the dictionary

  1. Forschungsstipendia
  2. Forschungsstipendien
  3. Forschungsstipendium
  4. forscolin
  5. FORSCOM
  6. forsee
  7. forseeable
  8. forseeing
  9. forseek
  10. forseeking
  11. forseeks

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