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: http://visualthesaurus.com/?w1=previse

-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.

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