Prescient

2 definitions found

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

  Prescient \Pre"sci*ent\ (pr[=e]"sh[i^]*ent or -shent), a. [L.
     praesciens, -entis, p. pr. of praescire to foreknow; prae
     before + scire to know: cf. F. prescient. See {Science}.]
     Having knowledge of coming events; foreseeing; conscious
     beforehand. --Pope.
     [1913 Webster]


  
           Henry . . . had shown himself sensible, and almost
           prescient, of this event.                --Bacon.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  prescient
       adj : perceiving the significance of events before they occur;
             "extroardinarily prescient memoranda on the probable
             course of postwar relations"-R.H.Rovere