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  • 1Global Prescience — Looking for a lesson in humility? Stand at a major historical marker, and try drawing a perfectly reasonable, prudent conclusion about where that marker is pointing. Believe me, if you read about a 15th century traveler saying, I have to get back …

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  • 2forebode — v. a. 1. Foretell, predict, presage, portend, augur, betoken, foreshadow, foreshow, prognosticate, prefigure, be ominous of. 2. Foreknow, be prescient of, have foreknowledge of, have prescience of, have premonition of, have presentiment of,… …

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  • 3foreknow — v. a. Foresee, know beforehand, be prescient of, have prescience of, have previous knowledge of, have foreknowledge of …

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  • 4Foresee — Fore*see , v. t. [AS. forese[ o]n; fore + se[ o]n to see. See {See}, v. t.] 1. To see beforehand; to have prescience of; to foreknow. [1913 Webster] A prudent man foreseeth the evil. Prov. xxii. 3. [1913 Webster] 2. To provide. [Obs.] [1913… …

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  • 5foresee — foreseeable, adj. foreseeability, n. foreseer, n. /fawr see , fohr /, v., foresaw, foreseen, foreseeing. v.t. 1. to have prescience of; to know in advance; foreknow. 2. to see beforehand. v.i. 3. to exercise foresight. [bef. 900; ME; OE foreseon …

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  • 6foresee — v. a. Foreknow, forecast, see beforehand, have prescience of, be prescient of …

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  • 7foresee — [c]/fɔˈsi / (say faw see) verb (foresaw, foreseen, foreseeing) –verb (t) 1. to see beforehand; have prescience of; foreknow. –verb (i) 2. to exercise foresight. {Middle English; Old English foresēon, from fore fore + sēon see1} –foreseeable …

  • 8foreknow — v.tr. (past knew; past part. known) know beforehand; have prescience of. Derivatives: foreknowledge n …

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  • 9Boethius: from antiquity to the Middle Ages — John Marenbon Boethius is a difficult figure to place in the history of philosophy. Considered just in himself, he clearly belongs to the world of late antiquity. Born in 480, at a time when Italy was ruled by the Ostrogoths under their king,… …

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  • 10Dune (novel) — Dune   First e …

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