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pre·science 
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Audio Help [presh-uhns, -ee-uhns, pree-shuhns, -shee-uhns] Pronunciation Key –noun
| knowledge of things before they exist or happen; foreknowledge; foresight. |
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prescience
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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.| Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc. |
prescience
prescience was Word of the Day on September 27, 1999.
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