om·nis·cient

[om-nish-uhnt]
adjective
1.
having complete or unlimited knowledge, awareness, or understanding; perceiving all things.
noun
2.
an omniscient being.
3.
the Omniscient, God.

Origin:
1595–1605; < Neo-Latin omniscient-, stem of omnisciēns, equivalent to Latin omni- omni- + scient- knowing; see science

om·nis·cient·ly, adverb
un·om·nis·cient, adjective
un·om·nis·cient·ly, adverb

omnipotent, omniscient.
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omniscient (ɒmˈnɪsɪənt) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide]
 
adj
1.  having infinite knowledge or understanding
2.  having very great or seemingly unlimited knowledge
 
[C17: from Medieval Latin omnisciens, from Latin omni- + scīre to know]
 
om'niscience
 
n
 
om'nisciently
 
adv

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omniscient
c.1600, from Mod.L. omniscientem (nom. omnisciens); see omniscience.
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Example sentences
Your gun does not make you a superhero, a cop, or omniscient.
Although project designers should be diligent and exercise due care in
  developing the plans, they are not omniscient.
First, governments are not omniscient and they can get their programmes wrong.
Navy destroyers will steam offshore readying virtual cruise missiles and the
  omniscient eye of trainers will watch it all.
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