About The Word Prescient
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Prescient
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What's The Definition Of Prescient?
[adj] perceiving the significance of events before they occur; "extroardinarily prescient memoranda on the probable course of postwar relations"-R.H.Rovere
Synonyms | Synonyms for Prescient: discerning Related Terms | Find terms related to Prescient: See Also | Prescient In Webster's Dictionary \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.
Henry . . . had shown himself sensible, and almost
prescient, of this event. --Bacon.
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