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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

farsee en · VERB

Etymology

From far + see. Compare Dutch verziend (“farseeing, long-sighted”), German fernsehen (“to look from afar, watch television”).

Meanings

  1. To see at or from a distance.
    • They set off again, the tall, elegant human and the violet-skinned exotic, too abstracted to farsee the person waiting for them in the shadows a few dozen meters ahead. 1997, Julian May, Magnificat:
    • “That's a long way to farsee, even for you.” “The ge-eagle helps,” he admitted. “Cheat!” Edeard laughed. 2008, Peter F. Hamilton, The Dreaming Void:
  2. To see by foresight; see clairvoyantly; view or sense telepathically.
    • As Yoda would put it, if you want to 'farsee' into your future needs, first make sure your homework you have done. 2006, Arthur Goldstuck, The hitchhiker's guide to going mobile:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
farsees Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
farseeing Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
farsaw Tense=Past lexicographic
farseen Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic

Deriveds

farseeing · farsight · farseer

Relateds

farspeak