Precognition

4 definitions found

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

  Precognition \Pre`cog*ni"tion\, n. [L. praecognitio, fr.
     praecognoscere to foreknow. See {Pre-}, and {Cognition}.]
     1. Previous cognition. --Fotherby.
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     2. (Scots Law) A preliminary examination of a criminal case


        with reference to a prosecution. --Erskine.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  precognition
       n : knowledge of an event before it occurs [syn: {foreknowledge}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  45 Moby Thesaurus words for "precognition":
     a priori knowledge, anticipation, apprehension, buddhi,
     clairvoyance, command, comprehension, conception,
     conceptualization, direct apprehension, foreboding, foreknowing,
     foreknowledge, foreseeability, forewisdom, grasp, grip, ideation,
     immediate cognition, insight, inspiration, intellection,
     intelligence, intuition, intuitionism, intuitive reason,
     intuitiveness, intuitivism, knowledge without thought, mastery,
     mental grasp, prehension, presage, prescience, presentiment,
     satori, savvy, second sight, second-sightedness, sixth sense,
     subconscious knowledge, subconscious perception, understanding,
     unmediated perception, wisdom
  
  

From Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856) [bouvier]:

  PRECOGNITION, Scotch law. The examination of witnesses who were present at 
  the commission of a criminal act, upon the special circumstances attending 
  it, in order to know whether there is ground for a trial, and to serve for 
  direction to the prosecutor. But the persons examined may insist on having 
  their declaration cancelled before they give testimony at the trial. Ersk. 
  Princ. B. 4, t. 4, n. 49.