To calculate or conjecture as to the future; to anticipate, forecast, v.. transitive, as in to cast danger, peril, the worst.

To estimate, conjecture, or imagine beforehand (the course of events or future condition of things). Sometimes with clause as object.

transitive. To anticipate or meet beforehand (a want, desire, objection, question, command, etc.). Obsolete (in later use archaic).

transitive. To form a judgement of beforehand; to forecast, presage. Also intransitive with of.

transitive. To think of in advance; to foresee, to anticipate. Obsolete. rare.

transitive. To take beforehand. to anticipate.

To anticipate, forestall.

transitive. To take beforehand. To deal with, allow for, or mention beforehand; to provide for or determine beforehand; to forestall, anticipate.

Originally Scottish (now chiefly regional). to lay one's account with (also on, for) and variants: to make preparations in order to do or determine…

transitive. To guess beforehand; to forecast, anticipate, conjecture. Const. with simple object or with object clause. Also absol.

transitive. To foresee; to expect; to anticipate.

transitive. To calculate beforehand; to forecast.

Bridge. transitive. To thwart (a player) by making a pre-emptive bid; to prevent (a bid) by doing this.

transitive. To anticipate the action of (a person), to outguess; to predict or foresee (an event), to apprehend (simultaneously or beforehand)…