单词 | precognition |
释义 | precognition —precognitive /pree kog"ni tiv/, adj. /pree'kog nish"euhn/, n. 1. knowledge of a future event or situation, esp. through extrasensory means. 2. Scot. Law. a. the examination of witnesses and other parties before a trial in order to supply a legal ground for prosecution. b. the evidence established in such an examination. [1400-50; late ME < LL praecognition-, s. of praecognitio; see PRE-, COGNITION] |
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