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Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary pre·scient adjective ⇨ see prescience English Etymology prescient 1620s, from Fr. prescient (15c.), from L. praescientem, prp. of praescire (see prescience). Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary-牛津双解-OALD7 prescient pres·ci·ent / 5presiEnt / adjective (formal)knowing or appearing to know about things before they happen 预知的；先觉的 • pres·ci·ence / -Ens / noun [U] Webster's Third New International Dictionary, Unabridged pre·scient \-nt\ adjective Etymology: Latin praescient-, praesciens, present participle of praescire to know beforehand, from prae- pre- + scire to know — more at science : having or marked by prescience : having foreknowledge : characterized by foresight < prescient of what he was later to fulfill — H.O.Taylor > < some extraordinarily prescient memoranda on the probable course of postwar relationships — R.H.Rovere >
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