9 letters · 16 points in Scrabble
noun providence by virtue of planning prudently for the future
noun seeing ahead; knowing in advance; foreseeing
originFrom Middle English forsight, forsyght, forsichte (since 14th c.), a calque of Latin providentia. By surface analysis, fore- + sight. Compare Scots foresicht, Saterland Frisian Foarsicht, archaic Dutch voorzicht (now voorzichtigheid), German Vorsicht (all “caution, foresight”).
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