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having prescience, or knowledge of things or events before they exist or happen; having foresight: The prescient economist was one of the few to see the financial collapse coming.
Related forms
pre·scient·ly, adverb
non·pre·sci·ent, adjective
non·pre·sci·ent·ly, adverb
un·pre·scient, adjective
un·pre·scient·ly, adverb
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Prescient
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| a fool or simpleton; ninny. |
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prescient
1620s, from Fr. prescient (15c.), from L. praescientem, prp. of praescire (see prescience).
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