单词 | foresightful |
释义 | foresightfuladj. Full of or possessed of foresight. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > expectation > foresight, foreknowledge > [adjective] > having or demonstrating foresight foreknowingc1374 fore-wisec1540 (a person) of a far fetch1574 forecastful1576 foresightfula1586 prescientc1599 far-sighted1641 prescious1642 foresighted1660 long-headed1665 prescientiala1699 long-sighted1701 prevoyant1785 precognizant1840 telescopic1856 far-thinking1937 precognitive1974 a1586 Sir P. Sidney Arcadia (1590) ii. iii. sig. P4v The foresight-full care hee had of his silly successour. a1586 Sir P. Sidney Arcadia (1590) ii. xxviii. sig. Gg2v Giue vs foresightfull mindes. 1668 G. C. in H. More Divine Dialogues (1713) 2nd Pref. 27 Foresightful Solicitude in the behalf of the Kingdom of God. 1859 R. C. Singleton tr. Virgil Aeneid vi, in tr. Virgil Wks. II. 75 Thou also, O most holy prophetess Foresightful of futurity. 1889 F. Hall in Nation (N.Y.) 48 389/1 A..well informed, and, for the most part, foresightful writer. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online March 2018). < adj.a1586 |
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