Defn: Knowledge of events before they take place; foresight.
God's certain prescience of the volitions of moral agents. J.
Edwards.
PRESCIENT
Presci*ent, a. Etym: [L. praesciens, -entis, p. pr. of praescire to
foreknow; prae before + scire to know: cf. F. prescient. See
Science.]
Defn: Having knowledge of coming events; foreseeing; conscious
beforehand. Pope.
Henry . . . had shown himself sensible, and almost prescient, of this
event. Bacon.
PRESCIENTLY
Pre"sci*ent*ly, adv.
Defn: With presciense or foresight.
PRESCIND Pre*scind", v. t. Etym: [L. praescindere to cut off in front; prae before + scindere to cut asunder: cf. F. prescinder.]
1. To cut off; to abstract. [Obs.] Norris.
2. (Metaph.)
Defn: To consider by a separate act of attention or analysis. Sir W.
Hamilton.
PRESCINDENT Pre*scind"ent, a. Etym: [L. praescius; prae before + scius knowing, fr. scire to know.]