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† ˈprescious, a. Obs.
[f. L. præsci-us foreknowing (f. præscīre to foreknow: see prescient) + -ous.]
= prescient.
1643Sir T. Browne Relig. Med. i. §11 Predestination..is in respect to God no prescious determination of our Estates to come, but a definitive blast of His Will already fulfilled. 1697Dryden æneid xi. 242 Thrice happy thou,..Prescious of ills, and leaving me behind, to drink the dregs of life by fate assign'd. 1765C. Smart Phædrus iii. ix, Cassandra's prescious care Sought, but obtain'd no credence there. |