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But it behoves us to previse that the doctor does not kill her before the lawyer comes. '

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  1. transitive verb To know in advance; foresee.
  2. transitive verb To notify in advance; forewarn.

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  • But it behoves us to previse that the doctor does not kill her before the lawyer comes. ' —  Evan Harrington — Volume 7
  • 'Tis the novelty of the experiment which makes impressions on their conceptive, cogitative faculties; that do not previse the facility of the operation adequately, with a subact and sedate intellection, associated with diligent and congruous study. —  Gargantua and Pantagruel, Illustrated, Book 5
 

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  1. Middle English previsen, from Latin praevidēre, praevīs- : prae-, pre- + vidēre, to see; see weid- in Indo-European roots.

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  1. from Latin prævisus, past participle of prævidere (later Italian previdere = Portuguese Spanish prever = Provencal prevezir = Old French preveoir, French prévoir), foresee, from præ, before, + videre, see: see vision. Cf. advise, revise.
 

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