Favouring, as we somehow anticipated (7)
I believe the answer is:
foresaw
'anticipated' is the definition.
('foresee' can be a synonym of 'anticipate')
'favouring as we somehow' is the wordplay.
'favouring' becomes 'for' (I've seen this before).
'somehow' indicates an anagram.
'as'+'we'='aswe'
'aswe' is an anagram of 'esaw'.
'for'+'esaw'='FORESAW'
(Other definitions for foresaw that I've seen before include "Predicted" , "Expected" , "Anticipated" .)