previse
Definitions
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
- verb-transitive To foresee.
- verb-transitive To inform beforehand; to warn.
Examples
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MICHAEL SHERMER, PUBLISHER, SKEPTIC MAGAZINE: Well, Anderson, I need to previse my remarks by noting that, there are no conspiracies, there is no cover-up, there was no crash and the government never lies.
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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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'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.
Note
The word 'previse' comes from Latin roots meaning 'see' and 'before'.
