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Discuss Email this Feedback RSS/XML Permalink A.Word.A.Day--previse This week's theme: words that turn into other words when beheaded. previse (pri-VYZ) verb tr. To foresee or to forewarn. [From Latin praevisus, past participle of praevidere (to foresee), from pre- (before) + videre (to see). Ultimately from the Indo-European root weid- (to see) that is the source of words such as wise, view, supervise, and wit.] Today's word in Visual Thesaurus. -Anu Garg (words at wordsmith.org) "The first four releases ... previse plenty of good times to come." Catherine Apple Olson; Home video: Children's; Billboard; Jan 18, 1997. X-Bonus The only person you should ever compete with is yourself. You can't hope for a fairer match. -Todd Ruthman

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