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foreseek

verb

Etymology

From fore- + seek.

  1. inherited from sēcð
  2. derived from *seh₂g-✻ — “to seek out”
  3. inherited from *sōkijaną✻ — “to seek”
  4. inherited from *sōkijan✻
  5. inherited from sēċan
  6. inherited from seken
  7. prefixed as foreseek — “fore + seek”

Definitions

  1. To seek beforehand

    To seek beforehand; seek in advance.

    • But still I did forget, When I was with you, all I had foresought To utter; for an ocean of new thought Was by your presence into motion set.
    • Tea, served in a picturesque spot, foresought and foreordained by the secretary, follows the examination of the local "lion" and breaks the ramble in two.
    • The pamphlet is an attempt to analyse and foreseek the prospects of the foreign policies of certain Afro-Asian countries.

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No curated loop yet for foreseek. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA