prospiciencen.

Brit.

/prəˈspɪʃns/, U.S.

/prəˈspɪʃ(ə)ns/,

/prɑˈspɪʃ(ə)ns/

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin prōspicientia.

Etymology: < classical Latin prōspicientia act of looking forward, in post-classical Latin also divine providence (4th cent.) < prōspicient- , prōspiciēns prospicient adj. + -ia -ia suffix¹; compare -ence suffix. Compare later prospiciency n.

Now rare.

The action of looking forward; foresight.Between the late 17th and early 20th centuries apparently only in dictionaries and glossaries (after Blount).

ΘΚΠ

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

purveyancec1300

forelook1357

providencea1382

purveyinga1382

provisiona1398

advice?a1439

prospiciencea1500

fore-wit?1504

forecasta1542

providency1602

forethoughtfulness1647

prospection1659

forethought1719

a1500 ( J. Walton tr. Boethius De Consol. Philos. (Harl. 44) 310 (MED) Prospicience [c1450 Linc. The souereyne hyhe devyne intelligence Over alle þinges haþ perspicience; L. prospiciens].

1603 P. Holland tr. Plutarch Morals 1053 The providence and prospicience of the Daemonds or angels.

1656 T. Blount Glossographia Prospicience, providence, fore-sight.

1775 J. Ash New Dict. Eng. Lang. Prospicience, the act of looking forward.

1828 N. Webster Amer. Dict. Eng. Lang. Prospicience, the act of looking forward.]

1926 R. B. Perry Gen. Theory of Value vii. 180 That which is lacking in the strictly biological picture has been provisionally termed ‘prospicience’.

1948 Philos. & Phenomenol. Res. 9 166 Rynin finds himself able to harmonize his philosophy and his admiration for Johnson by calling the change from retrospicience to prospicience ‘a slight but necessary correction’.

2002 C. Bell Lost in Elysian Fields I. 386 A notable disparity in diagrams then caught the eye of Mary who, in wary prospicience of potential disaster, did not hesitate to call out her find.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	prospicience
释义	prospiciencen. Brit. /prəˈspɪʃns/, U.S. /prəˈspɪʃ(ə)ns/, /prɑˈspɪʃ(ə)ns/ Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin prōspicientia. Etymology: < classical Latin prōspicientia act of looking forward, in post-classical Latin also divine providence (4th cent.) < prōspicient- , prōspiciēns prospicient adj. + -ia -ia suffix¹; compare -ence suffix. Compare later prospiciency n. Now rare. The action of looking forward; foresight.Between the late 17th and early 20th centuries apparently only in dictionaries and glossaries (after Blount). ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > expectation > foresight, foreknowledge > provident foresight, prudence > [noun] purveyancec1300 forelook1357 providencea1382 purveyinga1382 provisiona1398 advice?a1439 prospiciencea1500 fore-wit?1504 forecasta1542 providency1602 forethoughtfulness1647 prospection1659 forethought1719 a1500 ( J. Walton tr. Boethius De Consol. Philos. (Harl. 44) 310 (MED) Prospicience [c1450 Linc. The souereyne hyhe devyne intelligence Over alle þinges haþ perspicience; L. prospiciens]. 1603 P. Holland tr. Plutarch Morals 1053 The providence and prospicience of the Daemonds or angels. 1656 T. Blount Glossographia Prospicience, providence, fore-sight. 1775 J. Ash New Dict. Eng. Lang. Prospicience, the act of looking forward. 1828 N. Webster Amer. Dict. Eng. Lang. Prospicience, the act of looking forward.] 1926 R. B. Perry Gen. Theory of Value vii. 180 That which is lacking in the strictly biological picture has been provisionally termed ‘prospicience’. 1948 Philos. & Phenomenol. Res. 9 166 Rynin finds himself able to harmonize his philosophy and his admiration for Johnson by calling the change from retrospicience to prospicience ‘a slight but necessary correction’. 2002 C. Bell Lost in Elysian Fields I. 386 A notable disparity in diagrams then caught the eye of Mary who, in wary prospicience of potential disaster, did not hesitate to call out her find. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.a1500
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