foreseeing

English

Etymology 1

foresee +‎ -ing

Verb

foreseeing

  1. present participle of foresee

Etymology 2

From Middle English foreseing, forseying, equivalent to foresee +‎ -ing.

Noun

foreseeing (plural foreseeings)

  1. The act by which something is foreseen; a prophetic vision.
    • 1932, James Branch Cabell, These Restless Heads
      But at other times my magic is a true magic, and my looking runs very lightly over all the days which are to come before my client has quite done with earth's daylight; and at these times I must tell, will I or will I not, the truth about my foreseeings […]
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