Prescient

Prescient
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. [1913 Webster]

Henry . . . had shown himself sensible, and almost prescient, of this event. --Bacon. [1913 Webster]


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  • prescient — ● prescient, presciente adjectif Doué de prescience. ● prescient, presciente (difficultés) adjectif Orthographe et sens Ne pas confondre ces deux adjectifs. 1. Prescient, e (sans accent aigu sur le e) adj. = qui a la connaissance intuitive de l… …   Encyclopédie Universelle

  • prescient — presciént adj. m., pl. presciénţi; f. sg. presciéntă, pl. presciénte Trimis de siveco, 10.08.2004. Sursa: Dicţionar ortografic  PRESCIÉNT, Ă adj. înzestrat cu capacitatea de a şti dinainte ce urmează; prevăzător. (< fr …   Dicționar Român

  • prescient — prescient, ente (prè si an, an t ) adj. Qui a la prescience d une chose, des événements futurs. HISTORIQUE    XVe s. •   S il voit les biens et les iniquités à son miroer prescient, pardurable...., E. DESCH. Poés. mss. f° 104. ÉTYMOLOGIE    Voy.… …   Dictionnaire de la Langue Française d'Émile Littré

  • prescient — (adj.) 1620s, from Fr. prescient (15c.), from L. praescientem, prp. of praescire (see PRESCIENCE (Cf. prescience)) …   Etymology dictionary

  • prescient — index omniscient, prophetic, vigilant Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

  • prescient — ► ADJECTIVE ▪ having knowledge of events before they take place. DERIVATIVES prescience noun presciently adverb. ORIGIN from Latin praescire know beforehand …   English terms dictionary

  • prescient — [[t]pre̱siənt, AM pre̱ʃ [/t]] ADJ GRADED If you say that someone or something was prescient, you mean that they were able to know or predict what was going to happen in the future. [FORMAL] ... Bob Roberts , an eerily prescient comedy about a… …   English dictionary

  • prescient — prescience, prescient The usual pronunciations are pres i ǝns and pres i ǝnt, with the first and second syllables both short …   Modern English usage

  • Prescient store — A prescient store is an operation to allow store operations to occur earlier than would otherwise be permitted in the context of threads and locks. The process needs some way of knowing ahead of time what value will be stored by the assignment… …   Wikipedia

  • prescient — adjective see prescience …   New Collegiate Dictionary

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