(verb) : prae-vĭdĕo, vīdi, vīsum, 2
* To see first or beforehand, to foresee.
* Lit. (poet.): ictum venientem a vertice,Verg. A. 5, 444: an, quia praevisos in aquā timet hostia cultros?Ov. F. 1, 327: cultri in liquidā praevisi undā,Ov. M. 15, 135.
* Transf., mentally
* To foresee, anticipate, discern beforehand (class.): de re publicā, quam praevideo in summis periculis,Cic. Att. 6, 9, 5: praevisā locorum utilitate,Tac. A. 12, 63: nec praeviderant impetum hostium milites, nec, si praevidissent, satis virium ad arcendum erat,id. H. 4, 15; Plin. Ep. 1, 20, 13; Tac. A. 12, 40: non tantum praevisa, sed subita expedire,id. ib. 14, 55: praevisum periculum subterfugere,Suet. Aug. 10.
* To provide (late Lat.): quod ne fieret consilio solerti praevidit,Amm. 21, 8, 3.

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