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second sight

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second sight

 
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–noun
the faculty of seeing future events; clairvoyance.
Origin:
1610–20

Related forms:
sec⋅ond⋅sight⋅ed, adjective
sec⋅ond⋅sight⋅ed⋅ness, noun
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second sight  
n.  Clairvoyance.
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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second sight

Clairvoyance, as in Jane must have second sight; she knew exactly where Dad had mislaid his keys. This expression, alluding to the supposed power of someone to perceive an event in the future or distance as though actually present, dates from the early 1600s.

The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.
Copyright © 1997. Published by Houghton Mifflin.
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