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† ˈprefidence Obs. [f. L. præfīdens: see next and -ence.] Over-confidence; an instance of this.
1597R. Bruce Serm. (Wodrow Soc.) 186 We leave the way of prefidence to them that presume of their own strength. 16..T. Taylor Wks. (1659) I. 11 Some through vain prefidence of God's protection run in times of contagion into infected houses. 1677Owen Justif. Wks. 1851 V. 14 All their prefidences and contrivances do issue in dreadful horror and distress. |