单词 | previsionary |
释义 | > as lemmaspreˈvisionary preˈvisionary adj. capable of or endowed with foresight; of the nature of a prevision. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > expectation > foresight, foreknowledge > [adjective] previsional1643 prescient1653 previsive1736 previsionary1818 precognitive1869 precog1954 1818 G. S. Faber Horæ Mosaicæ (ed. 2) II. iii. ii. 261 A special previsionary regard..to a very remarkable part of our Saviour's history. 1871 F. Jacox Script. Texts Illustr. by Gen. Lit. 255 Hazael went home, and on the very morrow commenced his justification of the seer's previsionary tears. 1955 Amer. Lit. 27 148 Prufrock's rueful, mocking, previsionary picture of himself trying to conceal his lack of virility. 1994 Daily Mail (Nexis) 22 Mar. 38 Previsionary dreams can also foretell entirely happy events. < as lemmas |
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