PRESCIENT

prescient. Prescient, a. foreknowing, prophetical

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Pre″sci‐ent (prē″shĭ‐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.