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foreseen

/fɔɹˈsiːn/ adjective C1
  1. Having been seen in advance.
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There was no wound upon the dead man’s person, but the agitated expression upon his face assured me that he had foreseen his fate before it came upon him.
A Study in Scarlet, p. 82 · B2
Then, “Who shall have it?” “He who will come.” That was Charles the Second, whose advent was already foreseen.
The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, p. 27 · B2
Charlotte’s first letters were received with a good deal of eagerness: there could not but be curiosity to know how she would speak of her new home, how she would like Lady Catherine, and how happy she would dare pronounce herself to be; though, when the letters were read, Elizabeth felt that Charlotte expressed herself on every point exactly as she might have foreseen.
Pride and Prejudice, p. 169 · B2
But who could have foreseen such an attention as this?
Pride and Prejudice, p. 185 · B2

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