Meanings
present singular third person farsees · participle present farseeing · past farsaw · participle past farseen
- To see at or from a distance.
“That's a long way to farsee, even for you.” “The ge-eagle helps,” he admitted. “Cheat!” Edeard laughed.
2008, Peter F. Hamilton, The Dreaming Void1 more example
They set off again, the tall, elegant human and the violet-skinned exotic, too abstracted to farsee the person waiting for them in the shadows a few dozen meters ahead.
1997, Julian May, Magnificat - To see by foresight; see clairvoyantly; view or sense telepathically.
As Yoda would put it, if you want to 'farsee' into your future needs, first make sure your homework you have done.
2006, Arthur Goldstuck, The hitchhiker's guide to going mobile
Origin
From far + see. Compare Dutch verziend (“farseeing, long-sighted”), German fernsehen (“to look from afar, watch television”).
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farsee. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/farsee
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