Difference between revisions of "Prescient"
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| − | From {{m|la|praesciēns||foreknowing; foretelling, predicting}}, {{glossary|present}} {{glossary|participle}} of) {{der|en|la|praesciō||to foreknow}}, from {{m|la|prae-|pos=''prefix meaning ‘before; in front’''}} (ultimately from {{der|en|ine-pro|*preh₂-||before; in front}}) + {{m|la|sciō||to know, understand; to have knowledge of}} (ultimately from {{der|en|ine-pro|*skey-||to dissect; to split}}). The word is cognate with {{cog|frm|prescient}} (modern {{cog|fr|prescient||prescient}}), {{cog|it|presciente||prescient}}. | + | From {{m|la|praesciēns||foreknowing; foretelling, predicting}}, {{glossary|present}} {{glossary|participle}} of) {{der|en|la|praesciō||to foreknow}}, from {{m|la|prae-|pos=''prefix meaning ‘before; in front’''}} (ultimately from {{der|en|ine-pro|*preh₂-||before; in front}}) + {{m|la|sciō||to know, understand; to have knowledge of}} (ultimately from {{der|en|ine-pro|*skey-||to dissect; to split}}). The word is cognate with {{cog|frm|prescient}} (modern {{cog|fr|prescient||prescient}}), {{cog|it|presciente||prescient}}. |
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Latest revision as of 00:38, 14 October 2020
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English
Adjective
Prescient (comparative more Prescient, superlative most Prescient)
- Exhibiting or possessing prescience: having knowledge of, or seemingly able to correctly predict, events before they take place.
Alternative forms
- præscient, praescient (obsolete)
Derived terms
Related terms
- prescience, præscience (obsolete)
- prescientific (rare)
Etymology
Template:PIE root From m. Latin, Template:Glossary Template:Glossary of) Template:Der, from m. Latin (ultimately from Template:Der) + m. Latin (ultimately from Template:Der). The word is cognate with Template:Cog (modern Template:Cog), Template:Cog.
Translations
exhibiting or possessing prescience
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