different between farsee vs farseer

English

Etymology

From far +? see. Compare Dutch verziend (“farseeing, long-sighted”), German fernsehen (“to look from afar, watch television”).

Verb

farsee (third-person singular simple present farsees, present participle farseeing, simple past farsaw, past participle farseen)

1. To see at or from a distance.
2. To see by foresight; see clairvoyantly; view or sense telepathically.

Derived terms

• farseer
• farseeing
• farsight

Related terms

• farspeak

Anagrams

• feares

English

Etymology

From far +? seer. Compare German Fernseher (“television”).

Noun

farseer (plural farseers)

1. (fantasy) One who farsees; prophet; soothsayer; fortuneteller.
   • 1989, Jerry Pournelle, John F. Carr, The Crash of empire:

     "I received word from the Farseer only this morning. They had been studying the motion of the central band in Brutus, […] "The men of the Farseer could not be mistaken?

   • 2008, Marc Gascoigne, Christian Dunn, Let the Galaxy Burn:

     The farseer opened its right hand and its witchblade leapt from the sheath across its back and settled into his grip.

2. (fantasy, nonce word) An instrument or tool used to farsee; scope

Anagrams

• fearers