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foresense en · NOUN

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *per- Proto-Indo-European *preh₂-der. Proto-Indo-European *pr̥h₂éy Proto-Germanic *furai Proto-Germanic *furai- Proto-West Germanic *forē- Old English fore- Middle English fore- English fore- Proto-Indo-European *sent-der. Proto-Italic *sentiō Latin sentiō Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Italic *-tus Latin -tus Latin sēnsusbor. Proto-Germanic *sinnaz Frankish *sinnbor. Vulgar Latin *sennus Old French sensbor. Middle English sense English sense English foresense From fore- + sense.

Meanings

1. (uncountable) The perception of a thing in advance.
2. (uncountable) The ability to perceive in advance.
   • I said, "I know it's probably strange to have the gift of foresense. Just knowing someone would be great before anyone else does. But you were right." 2011, Brandon C. Lay, 100 Monologues, Scenes and One Acts:
3. (uncountable) Good or right judgement beforehand.
   • The chairman of Vanderbilt's graduate department of religion, H. Jackson Forstman, had accepted Gore into his program with what he later called “the foresense to realize that this young man was going to get involved in a lot of other things […]" 2000, David Maraniss, Ellen Nakashima, The Prince of Tennessee: The Rise of Al Gore:

foresense en · VERB

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *per- Proto-Indo-European *preh₂-der. Proto-Indo-European *pr̥h₂éy Proto-Germanic *furai Proto-Germanic *furai- Proto-West Germanic *forē- Old English fore- Middle English fore- English fore- Proto-Indo-European *sent-der. Proto-Italic *sentiō Latin sentiō Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Italic *-tus Latin -tus Latin sēnsusbor. Proto-Germanic *sinnaz Frankish *sinnbor. Vulgar Latin *sennus Old French sensbor. Middle English sense English sense English foresense From fore- + sense.

Meanings

1. To perceive or sense in advance.
   • “Hey—” The way animals—men and dogs—foresense a great act of weather is in a sudden confusion of terms, an eerie loss of measurement. 2013, Hortense Calisher, Mysteries of Motion: A Novel:
   • He knows much, but he foresenses more than he chooses to tell." 2006, Lloyd Alexander, The Castle of Llyr:
   • How could these publishers foresense (what anyone can now perceive) that to give Dr. Sidis their clients' humorous writings to quote from would be like giving a Gutenburg Bible to the baby? 1913, Life:

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