prevoyancen.

Brit.

/prᵻˈvɔɪəns/, U.S.

/priˈvɔɪ(j)əns/,

/prəˈvɔɪ(j)əns/

Forms: 1700s–1800s prévoyance, 1700s– prevoyance.

Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French prévoyance.

Etymology: < French prévoyance foresight (1580 in Middle French with reference to care or provision for the future; 1491 in Middle French in general sense ‘action of foreseeing’ or ‘ability to foresee’) < prévoir to foresee (1284 in Old French as prevoir ; < pré pre- prefix + voir to see (see view n.), after classical Latin praevidēre previde v.¹) + -ance -ance suffix. Compare earlier purveyance n., providence n. 1, previdence n., and the French forms cited at these entries.

Now rare.

Foresight.

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

1767 L. Sterne Let. 25 May in Lett. 1765–8 (2009) 584 Lying in the bottom of my chaise most of the rout, upon a large pillow which I had the prevoyance to purchase before I set out.

1771 Fair Orphan i. vii. 12 The vigor and vivacity of youth, blended with the sagacity and prévoyance of maturity.

1814 M. Edgeworth Patronage IV. xxviii. 166 The same penetration..gave him..a prévoyance for his own happiness.

1820 C. R. Maturin Melmoth IV. xxv. 84 To whom misfortune had taught an anxious and jealous prevoyance.

2002 N.Y. Observer (Nexis) 9 Dec. 4 The law was so poorly drawn, and with so little prevoyance, that now..it is taking away deductions and driving up the tax payments of the not-at-all-rich.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	prevoyance
释义	prevoyancen. Brit. /prᵻˈvɔɪəns/, U.S. /priˈvɔɪ(j)əns/, /prəˈvɔɪ(j)əns/ Forms: 1700s–1800s prévoyance, 1700s– prevoyance. Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French prévoyance. Etymology: < French prévoyance foresight (1580 in Middle French with reference to care or provision for the future; 1491 in Middle French in general sense ‘action of foreseeing’ or ‘ability to foresee’) < prévoir to foresee (1284 in Old French as prevoir ; < pré pre- prefix + voir to see (see view n.), after classical Latin praevidēre previde v.¹) + -ance -ance suffix. Compare earlier purveyance n., providence n. 1, previdence n., and the French forms cited at these entries. Now rare. Foresight. 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 1767 L. Sterne Let. 25 May in Lett. 1765–8 (2009) 584 Lying in the bottom of my chaise most of the rout, upon a large pillow which I had the prevoyance to purchase before I set out. 1771 Fair Orphan i. vii. 12 The vigor and vivacity of youth, blended with the sagacity and prévoyance of maturity. 1814 M. Edgeworth Patronage IV. xxviii. 166 The same penetration..gave him..a prévoyance for his own happiness. 1820 C. R. Maturin Melmoth IV. xxv. 84 To whom misfortune had taught an anxious and jealous prevoyance. 2002 N.Y. Observer (Nexis) 9 Dec. 4 The law was so poorly drawn, and with so little prevoyance, that now..it is taking away deductions and driving up the tax payments of the not-at-all-rich. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1767
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