Definition of Previse

1. Verb. Warn in advance or beforehand; give an early warning. "I forewarned him of the trouble that would arise if he showed up at his ex-wife's house"

Exact synonyms: Forewarn
Generic synonyms: Warn
Derivative terms: Forewarning

2. Verb. Realize beforehand.
Exact synonyms: Anticipate, Foreknow, Foresee
Generic synonyms: Know
Derivative terms: Anticipator, Prevision

Definition of Previse

1. v. t. To foresee.

Definition of Previse

1. Verb. To foresee. ¹

2. Verb. To warn. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Previse

1. to foresee [v -VISED, -VISING, -VISES] - See also: foresee

Lexicographical Neighbors of Previse

previewed
previewer
previewers
previewing
previews
preving
previous
previous(a)
previous(p)
previous question
previously
previously disadvantaged
previousness
previousnesses
previs
previse (current term)
prevised
previses
prevising
prevision
previsional
previsionary
previsioned
previsioning
previsions
previsit
previsited
previsiting
previsits
previsive

Literary usage of Previse

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Outlines of an Industrial Science by David Syme (1876)
"We can never measure the strength of a motive quantitatively, and we can therefore never previse its effect on the volition. No doubt when several motives ..."

2. A History of the Pioneer Families of Missouri: With Numerous Sketches by William Smith Bryan, Robert Rose (1876)
"I want you all to commit the same like feeling, and finish the whole job on the Jacksonian principle, and if you don't do as I previse you will come short, ..."

3. Elements of English Composition: Designed for Use in Secondary Schools by Tuley Francis Huntington (1908)
"... since we plan or previse our whole compositions and our paragraphs before we actually write them. Part I, therefore, is styled " Planning and Writing. ..."

4. The Student's Handbook of Philosophy: Psychology by Benjamin Franklin Cocker (1882)
"Fugitive sensations cannot previse the future. There must be a thinking being who ... Only such a being can previse the future and interpret the past. ..."

5. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1907)
"... while central placenta previse naturally interrupts pregnancy most often. As to the time in gestation when central placenta ..."

6. United States Statutes at Large: Containing the Laws and Concurrent by United States (1850)
"previse. SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That upon the sale or transfer of any licensed still or boiler, or other vessel used in distillation, ..."

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