forsee means to neglect; overlook; disregard; despise. It carries an Arena rating of 1380, earned across 38 head-to-head judged battles.
Among words judged in Lexicurio's Arena, forsee ranks #159 of 17,132 for Most Betrayed by Its Sound, #2,760 of 17,134 for Most Malleable Words, #3,266 of 17,138 for Most Incisive Words, #3,268 of 17,143 for Best Fossil-Poetry Words.
Why “forsee” is a great word
FORSEE — [Verb] To neglect, overlook, or despise; or, to oversee or superintend. From Middle English forseen, forsen, from Old English forsēon ('to look down upon, despise'), equivalent to the prefix for- (implying negation or rejection) + see ('to look'). Unlike "foresee" (which peers forward in time) or "oversee" (which watches from a managerial height), "forsee" is the double-edged gaze of authority, looking down to either scorn or supervise. It is the feudal lord's contemptuous glance from the battlements, the deliberate omission of a rival's name from the chronicle, and the silent, lonely vigil from a castle keep over lands one no longer cares to rule—an act of vision that either refuses to acknowledge or is burdened by all it must survey.
Etymology
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).
verb
- To neglect; overlook; disregard; despise.e.g.“Could I forsee the sunken rocks of life?” — 1882, Victor Roy, A Masonic Poem by Harriet Annie Wilkins:
- To oversee; superintend; direct.
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