† presciencyn.
Obsolete. rare.
= prescience n.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > expectation > foresight, foreknowledge > [noun]
foreshowinga1050
foreknowingc1374
foreseeingc1374
fore-wit1377
before-knowingc1384
presciencec1384
fore-wittingc1386
presciencec1395
foresight14..
previdence?a1425
prevision?a1425
prenostication?a1450
precognitiona1500
before-witting1532
foreknowledge1535
fore-fetch1554
presciency1572
fore-wisdom1576
prenotion1588
presension1597
prospecta1616
presensation1653
prospiciency1681
prevoyance1767
onsight1838
preview1855
precog1954
1572 C. Carlile Disc. Peter f. 16 Partly by the Naturall motions of their myndes,..partly by the presciencie and foreknowledge of the thinges to comme.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2007; most recently modified version published online December 2020).
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