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prevised

prevised is the simple past and past participle of previse.

Meaning of previse

Verb

previse (third-person singular simple present previses, present participle prevising, simple past and past participle prevised)

  1. To foresee.
    • try to divine the inevitable fortunes of your friends, and of the leaders and rulers of nations; endeavour to previse and forewarn; and study proleptics.1873, Joseph Simms, An Original and Illustrated Physiological and Physiognomical Chart
  2. To forewarn.

Questions about prevised

What is prevised the simple past and past participle of?
Prevised is the simple past and past participle of previse.

Words near prevised in the dictionary

  1. previsage
  2. previsaged
  3. previsages
  4. previsaging
  5. previse
  6. prevised
  7. previses
  8. previsibility
  9. previsible
  10. prevising
  11. prevision

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Adapted from Wiktionary: prevised (page history and authors); previse (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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