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- verb transitive, obsolete To
entice ;seduce . - noun
Foresight ; the ability to see,predict , orperceive future events.
Etymologies
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From Middle English forspannen, forspanen, from Old English forspanan ("to mislead, lead astray, seduce, entice"), from Proto-Germanic *farspananan, *fraspananan (“to allure”), equivalent to for- + span. Cognate with Middle High German verspanen ("to tempt, entice").
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From fore- + span.
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