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previse \ pri-VAHYZ \ , verb; 

1. to foresee. 
2. to forewarn. 

Origin: Previse is derived from the Latin word praevidēre which means "to foresee." 

thumb lashing

• To be reprimanded via sms messages on a mobile (aka cell) phone.

"I was supposed to take her out for dinner but I stayed with me mates at the pub and boy did she give a right thumb lashing."

History

• Phobos: Martian moon named for the Greek god of fear was discovered by Asaph Hall (1877)
• 19th Amendment: was ratified when Tennessee became the 36th state to approve it; this gave US women the right to vote (1920)
• Lolita: controversial Vladimir Nabokov novel, about a middle-aged man who becomes obsessed with a 12-year-old girl, was published (1955)
• James Meredith: became the first African American to graduate from "Ole Miss" (1963)

Birthdays

• Antonio Salieri 1750
  Merriwether Lewis 1774

  
• Max Factor 1904
• Caspar Weinberger 1917
• Shelley Winters 1920
• Rosalynn Carter 1927
• Grant Williams 1930
• Roman Polanski 1933 director, convicted child rapist 
• Gail Fisher 1935
• Rafer Johnson 1935
• Robert Redford 1937
• Johnny Preston 1939
• Christopher Jones 1941
• Martin Mull 1943
• Carl Wayne (The Move) 1944
• Nona Hendryx 1945
• Dennis Elliot (Foreigner) 1950
• Patrick Swayze 1952
• Ron Strykert (Men at Work) 1957
• Madeleine Stowe 1958
• Zac Maloy (The Nixons) 1968
• Everlast 1969
• Edward Norton 1969
• Christian Slater 1969
• Malcolm-Jamal Warner 1970
• Mike Boorem 1988