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单词 presee
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preseev.

Brit. /ˈpriːsiː/, U.S. /ˌpriˈsi/
Inflections: Past tense presaw; past participle preseen;
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: pre- prefix, see v.
Etymology: < pre- prefix + see v.In quot. 15861, a misreading of foreseeing in the manuscript, taken over (in modernized form) in Motley's work (compare quot. 15862), which was itself the basis for the entry in Cent. Dict. (see quot. 1890):1586 in J. Bruce Leycester Corr. (1844) 170 The journey, which I had no reason to affect much, preseing well enough how thankles it wold be.1586 in J. L. Motley Hist. United Netherlands (1860) I. 443 You should have employed some other in the journey, which I had no reason to affect much, preseeing well enough how thankless it would be.
transitive. To see beforehand or in advance.
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the mind > mental capacity > expectation > foresight, foreknowledge > foresee or foreknow [verb (transitive)]
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1890 Cent. Dict. XVI. 4701/3 Presee, v.t.; pret. presaw, pp. preseen, ppr. preseeing. To foresee.
1931 J. Joyce Let. 22 Aug. (1966) III. 227 You advised me to proceed against Roth... I did though I presaw the result.
1998 Observer (Nexis) 16 Aug. (Review section) 5 Does it upset him that people associate him with violence? ‘It's how people pre-see me.’
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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