prescience

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prescience - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Prescience \Pre"sci*ence\ (pr[=e]"sh[i^]*ens or pr[=e]"shens;
     277), n. [F. prescience, L. praescientia. See Prescient.]
     Knowledge of events before they take place; foresight.
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           God's certain prescience of the volitions of moral
           agents.                                  --J. Edwards.
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prescience - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  prescience
      n 1: the power to foresee the future [syn: prescience,
           prevision]