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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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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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