Farsee

verb

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Definitions

Verb
  1. 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."

  2. 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."

Example

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"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."

Etymology

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

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