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precognition

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pre⋅cog⋅ni⋅tion

  [pree-kog-nish-uhn]
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–noun
1. knowledge of a future event or situation, esp. through extrasensory means.
2. Scots Law.
a. the examination of witnesses and other parties before a trial in order to supply a legal ground for prosecution.
b. the evidence established in such an examination.
Origin:
1400–50; late ME < LL praecognitiōn-, s. of praecognitiō; see pre-, cognition

Related forms:
pre⋅cog⋅ni⋅tive  [pree-kog-ni-tiv] , adjective
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pre·cog·ni·tion   (prē'kŏg-nĭsh'ən)   
n.  Knowledge of something in advance of its occurrence, especially by extrasensory perception; clairvoyance.
pre·cog'ni·tive adj.
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Word Origin & History

precognition 
"foreknowledge," 1611, from L.L. præcognitio, from L. præcognitus, pp. of præcognoscere "to foreknow," from præ + cognoscere "to know" (see notice).
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: pre·cog·ni·tion
Pronunciation: "prE-(")käg-'nish-&n
Function: noun
: clairvoyance relating to an event or state notyet experienced —compare PSYCHOKINESIS, TELEKINESIS —pre·cog·ni·tive /-'käg-n&t-iv/ adjective
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precognition pre·cog·ni·tion (prē'kŏg-nĭsh'ən)
n.
Knowledge of something in advance of its occurrence, especially by extrasensory perception.

pre·cog'ni·tive adj.

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precognition

supernormal knowledge of future events, with emphasis not upon mentally causing events to occur but upon predicting those the occurrence of which the subject claims has already been determined. Like telepathy and clairvoyance, precognition is said to operate without recourse to the normal senses and thus to be a form of extrasensory perception (ESP).

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