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verb
To neglect; overlook; disregard; despise.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Scotland, UK, dialectal, transitive
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verb
Alternative spelling of foresee.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: alt-of, alternative
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verb
To oversee; superintend; direct.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Scotland, UK, dialectal, transitive
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History
From Middle English forseen, forsen, from Old English forsēon (“to look down upon, despise”), equivalent to for- + see. Compare Old Saxon farsehan, Old High German farsehan (Middle High German versehen).
