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Definition of Foresaw
1. foresee [v] - See also: foresee
Lexicographical Neighbors of Foresaw
Literary usage of Foresaw
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire by Edward Gibbon (1887)
"... before the opening of the campaign, on the frontiers of Persia.4 The Caesar
foresaw and lamented the consequences of this fatal mandate. ..."
2. Notes and Queries by Martim de Albuquerque (1857)
"They might have supposed that the man was born blind as a punishment for sins
which the Almighty foresaw he would commit. This of course would have been as ..."
3. The Life of Thomas Jefferson by Henry Stephens Randall (1858)
"... specially alarm Virginia—Judge Marshall's Statements—Washington to Steuben—Why
Virginia was not alarmed—Washington foresaw this—Arnold enters Chesapeake ..."
4. The History of the Rebellion and Civil Wars in England Begun in the Year 1641 by Edward Hyde Clarendon (1888)
"... who all men foresaw would quit the troop when there should be an army: and
many do yet believe that the King too long deferred his recourse to arms, ..."
5. Hawthorne and His Circle by Julian Hawthorne (1903)
"If there were boarding-houses in paradise—Blodgett, the delight of mankind—Solomon
foresaw her—A withering retort—A modest, puny poise about her—Hidden ..."
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