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precognitive

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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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Medical Dictionary

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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