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pre·science    Audio Help   [presh-uhns, -ee-uhns, pree-shuhns, -shee-uhns] Pronunciation Key
–noun
knowledge of things before they exist or happen; foreknowledge; foresight.

[Origin: 1325–75; ME < LL praescientia foreknowledge. See pre-, science]

prescient, adjective
pre·scient·ly, adverb
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pre·science    Audio Help   (prěsh'əns, -ē-əns, prē'shəns, -shē-əns)  Pronunciation Key 
n.   Knowledge of actions or events before they occur; foresight.

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prescience 
c.1374, from L.L. præscientia "fore-knowledge," from *præscientem, prp. of *præscire "to know in advance," from L. præ- "before" + scire "to know" (see science).

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prescience

noun
the power to foresee the future 

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Prescience

Pre"sci*ence\, n. [F. prescience, L. praescientia. See Prescient.] Knowledge of events before they take place; foresight.

God's certain prescience of the volitions of moral agents. --J. Edwards.
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prescience

prescience was Word of the Day on September 27, 1999.

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