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   prescient

   /ˈprɛsɪənt/

   adjective

   • 1. having or showing knowledge of events before they take place: "a prescient warning"

   Word Origin early 17th century: from Latin praescient- ‘knowing beforehand’, from the verb praescire, from prae ‘before’ + scire ‘know’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. presciently adverb

   Scrabble Points: 13

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