单词 | previsive |
释义 | previsiveadj. Now rare. Of or relating to foresight; having prevision. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > expectation > foresight, foreknowledge > [adjective] previsional1643 prescient1653 previsive1736 previsionary1818 precognitive1869 precog1954 1736 tr. L. Luisini Aphrodisiacus ii. 264 When the Author has thus furnish'd out his curatory Method, he presents us with another, which he names Previsive, or Preservative [L. Huc usque satis me dixisse duxi de Methodo curativa morbi hujus, nunc, prout ab initio tetigimus, Methodum ejusdem praevisivam aggrediamur]. 1863 Biblical Repertory July 362 The Spirit..takes, in the new creature, that previsive and expectant posture which the apostle describes by his terms ‘maketh intercession’. 1877 P. J. Bailey Festus (ed. 10) xx. 298 Passed deeds of wandering worlds contrast with thoughts Of fixed to come, 'neath his previsive eye Illumining that it reads, behold! 1902 W. James Varieties Relig. Experience xviii. 441 His knowledge is previsive, for He is present to all time. Even our free acts are known beforehand to Him. 1908 Mind 17 292 The effort to separate out the previsive element of knowledge reaches its most advanced expression in Pragmatism. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1736 |
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