单词 | precognizant |
释义 | precognizantadj. Having previous cognizance; having prior knowledge or understanding (of something). ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > expectation > foresight, foreknowledge > [adjective] > having or demonstrating foresight foreknowingc1374 fore-wisec1540 (a person) of a far fetch1574 forecastful1576 foresightfula1586 prescientc1599 far-sighted1641 prescious1642 foresighted1660 long-headed1665 prescientiala1699 long-sighted1701 prevoyant1785 precognizant1840 telescopic1856 far-thinking1937 precognitive1974 1840 P. F. Tytler Hist. Scotl. VII. 428 I shall now state..the evidence upon which I have affirmed..that he [sc. Knox] was precognizant of the intended murder [of Riccio]. 1848 A. H. Clough Bothie of Toper-na-Fuosich iv. 90 The wary precognisant Piper. 1856 W. M. Hetherington Hist. Church Scotl. App. 477/1 Labouring to show [that]..to be precognizant of an intended crime without revealing it, and to be ‘art and part’ of it, were not equivalent expressions. 1987 Los Angeles Times (Nexis) 20 Mar. 12 In our precognizant lobes we thought we were twins..staggered six years in our respective earthly births. 1996 Tulsa Stud. Women's Lit. 15 244 A precognizant relationship between the body's needs and its cries. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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