Praecognita

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Praecognita \Pr[ae]*cog"ni*ta\, n. pl. [L. praecognitus, p. p.
     of praecognoscere to foreknow. See {Pre-}, and {Cognition}.]
     This previously known, or which should be known in order to
     understand something else.
     [1913 Webster]