previse

American

[pri-vahyz] / prɪˈvaɪz /

verb (used with object)

prevised, prevising

to foresee.
to forewarn.

previse British

/ prɪˈvaɪz /

verb

to predict or foresee
to notify in advance

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Other Word Forms

previsor

noun

Etymology

Origin of previse

First recorded in 1425–75; late Middle English, from Latin praevīsus, past participle of praevidēre “to foresee”; see pre-, visa

Vocabulary lists containing previse

Common Senses: Vid, Vis ("See")

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Example Sentences

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Clairvoyance has, as thus appears, a retrospection, and is as able to see the past as the present, or previse the future.

From Studies in the Out-Lying Fields of Psychic Science by Tuttle, Hudson

In actual practice our plans seem not to previse grandfathers and grandmothers, and stop short even of fathers and mothers.

From The Vitalized School by Pearson, Francis B.

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