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prevoyance rare.|prɪˈvɔɪəns| [a. F. prévoyance, f. prévoir:—L. prævidēre to previde: see -ance.] Foresight. So preˈvoyant a. [ad. F. prévoyant, pres. pple. of prévoir], foreseeing.
1820C. R. Maturin Melmoth (1892) III. xxvii. 93 To whom misfortune had taught an anxious and jealous prevoyance. Ibid. xxx. 229 Affectionate and delicate prevoyance. 1862Mrs. Oliphant E. Irving I. vi. 149 But Nature, prevoyant, tingled into his heart an inarticulate thrill of prophecy. 1883Mrs. E. Lynn Linton Ione viii, The girl is all obedience and prevoyance, all self-sacrifice and devotion. |