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Definition of prescient - 3 dictionary results

pre⋅science

  [presh-uhns, -ee-uhns, pree-shuhns, -shee-uhns]
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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·scient   (prěsh'ənt, -ē-ənt, prē'shənt, -shē-ənt)   
adj.  
  1. Of or relating to prescience.
  2. Possessing prescience.

[French, from Old French, from Latin praesciēns, praescient-, present participle of praescīre, to know beforehand : prae-, pre- + scīre, to know; see skei- in Indo-European roots.]
pre'scient·ly adv.
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Prescient

Pre"sci*ent\ (pr[=e]"sh[i^]*ent or -shent), a. [L. praesciens, -entis, p. pr. of praescire to foreknow; prae before + scire to know: cf. F. prescient. See Science.] Having knowledge of coming events; foreseeing; conscious beforehand. --Pope.

Henry . . . had shown himself sensible, and almost prescient, of this event. --Bacon.
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