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prescience

pre.science \'pre-sh-(e--)*n(t)s, 'presh-; 'pre-s-e--*n(t)s, 'pres-\ 
   \-(e--)*nt\ n [ME, fr. LL praescientia, fr. L praescient-, praesciens, 
   prp.] of praescire to know beforehand, fr. prae- + scire to know - more at 
   SCIENCE : foreknowledge of events; specif : omniscience with regard to the  
   future - prescient aj