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–noun
knowledge of things before they exist or happen; foreknowledge; foresight.
Origin:
1325–75;
ME < LL
praescientia
foreknowledge.
See
pre-
,
science
Related forms:
prescient,
adjective
pre⋅scient⋅ly,
adverb
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pre·science
(prěsh'əns, -ē-əns, prē'shəns, -shē-əns)
n. Knowledge of actions or events before they occur; foresight.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
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Word Origin & History
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
).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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