"farsee" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: farsees [present, singular, third-person], farseeing [participle, present], farsaw [past], farseen [participle, past]
Etymology: From far + see. Compare Dutch verziend (“farseeing, long-sighted”), German fernsehen (“to look from afar, watch television”). Etymology templates: {{compound|en|far|see}} far + see, {{cog|nl|verziend||farseeing, long-sighted}} Dutch verziend (“farseeing, long-sighted”), {{cog|de|fernsehen||to look from afar, watch television}} German fernsehen (“to look from afar, watch television”) Head templates: {{en-verb|~s|~ing|farsaw|~n}} farsee (third-person singular simple present farsees, present participle farseeing, simple past farsaw, past participle farseen)
  1. To see at or from a distance.
    Sense id: en-farsee-en-verb-8t39I0t5 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Fictional abilities Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 72 28 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 72 28 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 73 27 Disambiguation of Fictional abilities: 73 27
  2. To see by foresight; see clairvoyantly; view or sense telepathically.
    Sense id: en-farsee-en-verb-je9gEPW2 Categories (other): Vision Disambiguation of Vision: 27 73
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: farseer, farseeing, farsight Related terms: farspeak
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