Did divine female ring and swear badly? (7)
I believe the answer is:
foresaw
'did divine' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both related to thinking as well as being past participle verbs.
Perhaps there's a link between them I don't understand?
'female ring and swear badly?' is the wordplay.
'female' becomes 'f' (common abbreviation).
'ring' becomes 'O' (letter resembling a ring).
'and' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'badly?' indicates an anagram (letters in the wrong order).
'swear' is an anagram of 'resaw'.
'f'+'o'+'resaw'='FORESAW'
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for foresaw that I've seen before include "Expected" , "Anticipated" , "Predicted" .)