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Webster 1913 Edition


Prescient

Pre′sci-ent

(prē′shĭ-ent or -shent)
,
Adj.
[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.

Webster 1828 Edition


Prescient

PRESCIENT

,
Adj.
presi'ent or pre'shent. Foreknowing; having knowledge of events before they take place.
Who taught the nations of the field and wood,
Prescient, the tides or tempests to withstand?

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prescient

prescient

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Adjective

prescient (comparative more prescient, superlative most prescient)

  1. Having knowledge of events before they take place; possessing or exhibiting prescience.
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