Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary - foresee

 transitive verb  (foresaw; ~n; -seeing)  Date: before 12th century to see (as a development) beforehand  • ~r noun Synonyms:  ~, foreknow, divine, anticipate mean to know beforehand. ~ implies nothing about how the knowledge is derived and may apply to ordinary reasoning and experience economists should have ~n the recession. foreknow usually implies supernatural assistance, as through revelation if only we could foreknow our own destinies. divine adds to ~ the suggestion of exceptional wisdom or discernment was able to divine Europe's rapid recovery from the war. anticipate implies taking action about or responding emotionally to something before it happens the waiter anticipated our every need.