Category:Prescient

Presci*ent, a. Etym: [l. praesciens, -entis, p. pr. of praescire to Foreknow; prae before + scire to know: cf. F. prescient. See Science.]

Defn: having knowledge of coming events; foreseeing; conscious Beforehand. Pope. Henry. . . had shown himself sensible, and almost prescient, of this Event. Bacon.