单词 | presentient |
释义 | presentientadj.1 Feeling or perceiving beforehand; having a presentiment of something. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > expectation > foresight, foreknowledge > premonition, presentiment > [adjective] boding1594 presaging1594 presagient1650 presagious1702 presentimental1796 presentient1814 1814 R. Southey Roderick xviii. 231 The ravenous fowls of heaven Flock there presentient of their food obscene. 1854 C. Patmore Betrothal xii, in Angel in House I. 178 And, ere we reached her father's gate We paused with one presentient mind. 1888 ‘Q’ Astonishing Hist. Troy Town ix Mrs. Buzza,..presentient of evil, ran downstairs. 1959 J. Loewenberg Reason & Nature of Things xi. 266 The mystics claim to be presentient of the unity they long to find. 1985 J. R. Munkirs Transformation Amer. Capitalism ii. 38 Keynes' views on this point proved to be very presentient. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). presentientadj.2 Occurring or existing before the emergence of sentience. ΚΠ 1910 Philos. Rev. 19 13 Pre-sentient phases of the world's history. 1961 Brit. Jrnl. Philos. Sci. 12 237 We can find I kind of premonition of love even in the presentient world (even the inorganic) in the propensity of moelcules to unite. 1994 Yale Law Jrnl. 103 2079 The detached value of an embryo or a presentient fetus flows mainly from what it might become. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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