† previdencen.

Forms: late Middle English peruydens, late Middle English preuedance, late Middle English prevydens, late Middle English puruydence, late Middle English 1600s previdence, late Middle English–1500s preuidence, 1600s–1700s praevidence.

Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from French. Partly a borrowing from Latin. Etymons: French previdence; Latin praevidentia.

Etymology: < Middle French previdence foresight (end of the 13th cent. in Old French; French †prévidence ) and its etymon post-classical Latin praevidentia foresight (6th cent.) < classical Latin praevident- , praevidēns , present participle of praevidere previde v.¹ + -ia -ia suffix¹; compare -ence suffix. Compare Catalan previdència (second half of the 15th cent.), Spanish previdencia (late 15th cent.), Italian previdenza (a1327). Compare prevision n., earlier providence n., purveyance n., provision n., and later prevoyance n., and the foreign-language forms cited at these entries. Compare also previde v.¹With the forms peruydens , puruydence compare discussion at pre- prefix.

Obsolete.

Foresight; provident care.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > expectation > foresight, foreknowledge > [noun]

foreshowinga1050

foreknowingc1374

foreseeingc1374

fore-wit1377

before-knowingc1384

presciencec1384

fore-wittingc1386

presciencec1395

foresight14..

previdence?a1425

prevision?a1425

prenostication?a1450

precognitiona1500

before-witting1532

foreknowledge1535

fore-fetch1554

presciency1572

fore-wisdom1576

prenotion1588

presension1597

prospecta1616

presensation1653

prospiciency1681

prevoyance1767

onsight1838

preview1855

precog1954

?a1425 (c1380) G. Chaucer tr. Boethius De Consol. Philos. v. pr. vi. 130 For which it nis nat ycleped ‘previdence’ [v.r. puruydence; Fr. previdence; L. praeuidentia], but it sholde rathir ben clepid ‘purveaunce’.

c1460 (?c1421) J. Lydgate Siege Thebes (Longleat) (1911) 2982 (MED) Previdence [a1450 Arun. Wher..prouidence haueth no favour, Farwel wisdam, farwel discrecioun].

1561 Bible (Geneva) Prov. xiii. 13 (note f) Honors, dignitie or riches come not of mans wisdome or industrie, but by the preuidence of God.

1655 T. Pierce Notes God's Decrees iii. 48 Boethius will have it call'd not Praescience, but Science. Not Praevidence, but Providence.

1784 tr. E. Swedenborg New Jerusalem §275 It is to be noted that there is providence, and praevidence; good is what is provided by the Lord, but evil is what is praevided.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2007; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

单词	previdence
释义	† previdencen. Forms: late Middle English peruydens, late Middle English preuedance, late Middle English prevydens, late Middle English puruydence, late Middle English 1600s previdence, late Middle English–1500s preuidence, 1600s–1700s praevidence. Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from French. Partly a borrowing from Latin. Etymons: French previdence; Latin praevidentia. Etymology: < Middle French previdence foresight (end of the 13th cent. in Old French; French †prévidence ) and its etymon post-classical Latin praevidentia foresight (6th cent.) < classical Latin praevident- , praevidēns , present participle of praevidere previde v.¹ + -ia -ia suffix¹; compare -ence suffix. Compare Catalan previdència (second half of the 15th cent.), Spanish previdencia (late 15th cent.), Italian previdenza (a1327). Compare prevision n., earlier providence n., purveyance n., provision n., and later prevoyance n., and the foreign-language forms cited at these entries. Compare also previde v.¹With the forms peruydens , puruydence compare discussion at pre- prefix. Obsolete. Foresight; provident care. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > expectation > foresight, foreknowledge > [noun] foreshowinga1050 foreknowingc1374 foreseeingc1374 fore-wit1377 before-knowingc1384 presciencec1384 fore-wittingc1386 presciencec1395 foresight14.. previdence?a1425 prevision?a1425 prenostication?a1450 precognitiona1500 before-witting1532 foreknowledge1535 fore-fetch1554 presciency1572 fore-wisdom1576 prenotion1588 presension1597 prospecta1616 presensation1653 prospiciency1681 prevoyance1767 onsight1838 preview1855 precog1954 ?a1425 (c1380) G. Chaucer tr. Boethius De Consol. Philos. v. pr. vi. 130 For which it nis nat ycleped ‘previdence’ [v.r. puruydence; Fr. previdence; L. praeuidentia], but it sholde rathir ben clepid ‘purveaunce’. c1460 (?c1421) J. Lydgate Siege Thebes (Longleat) (1911) 2982 (MED) Previdence [a1450 Arun. Wher..prouidence haueth no favour, Farwel wisdam, farwel discrecioun]. 1561 Bible (Geneva) Prov. xiii. 13 (note f) Honors, dignitie or riches come not of mans wisdome or industrie, but by the preuidence of God. 1655 T. Pierce Notes God's Decrees iii. 48 Boethius will have it call'd not Praescience, but Science. Not Praevidence, but Providence. 1784 tr. E. Swedenborg New Jerusalem §275 It is to be noted that there is providence, and praevidence; good is what is provided by the Lord, but evil is what is praevided. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2007; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.?a1425
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