PRESCIENCE
PRESCIENCE, noun presi'ence or pre'shens. [Low Latin proescientia; proe, before, and scientia, knowledge.] Foreknowledge; knowledge of events before they take place. Absolute pr...
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American Dictionary of the English Language, Noah Webster, 1828.
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PRESCIENT
PRESCIENT, adjective presi'ent or pre'shent. Foreknowing; having knowledge of events before they take place.Who taught the nations of the field and wood,PRESCIENT, the tides or ...
PRESCIND
PRESCIND', verb transitive [Latin proescindo; proe and scindo, to cut.]To cut off; to abstract. [Little used.]
PRESCINDENT
PRESCIND'ENT, adjective Cutting off; abstracting.
PRESCIOUS
PRE'SCIOUS, adjective [Latin proescius; proe and scio, to know.]Foreknowing; having foreknowledge; as prescious of ills.
PRESCRIBE
PRESCRI'BE, verb transitive [Latin proescribo, to write before.]1. In medicine, to direct, as a remedy to be used or applied to a diseased patient. Be not offended with the phys...
PRESCRIBED
PRESCRI'BED, participle passive Directed; ordered.
PRESCRIBER
PRESCRI'BER, noun One that prescribes.
PRESCRIBING
PRESCRI'BING, participle present tense Directing; giving as a rule of conduct or treatment.
PRESCRIPT
PRE'SCRIPT, adjective [Latin proescriptus.] Directed; prescribed.PRE'SCRIPT, noun [Latin proescriptum.] A direction; a medical order for the use of medicines. [But prescription ...
PRESCRIPTIBLE
PRESCRIP'TIBLEadjective That may be prescribed for.
PRESCRIPTION
PRESCRIP'TION, noun [Latin proescriptio. See Prescribe.]1. The act of prescribing or directing by rules; or that which is prescribed; particularly, a medical direction of remedi...
PRESCRIPTIVE
PRESCRIP'TIVE, adjective Consisting in or acquired by immemorial use and enjoyment; as a prescriptive right or title.The right to be drowsy in protracted toil, has become prescr...
PRESEANCE
PRES'EANCE, noun Priority of place in sitting. [Not in use.]
PRESENCE
PRES'ENCE, noun s as z. [Latin proesentia; proe, before, and esse, to be.] The existence of a person or thing in a certain place; opposed to absence. This event happened during ...
PRESENCE-CHAMBER
PRES'ENCE-CHAMBERPRES'ENCE-ROOM, noun The room in which a great personage receives company.
PRESENCE-ROOM
PRES'ENCE-ROOM, n. The room in which a great personage receives company.
PRESENSATION
PRESENSA'TION, noun [pre and sensation.] Previous notion or idea.
PRESENSION
PRESEN'SION, noun [Latin proesensio proesentio; proe and sentio, to perceive.] Previous perception. [Little used.]
PRESENT
PRES'ENT, adjective s as z. [Latin proesens; proe and sum, esse, to be.]1. Being in a certain place; opposed to absent.2. Being before the face or near; being in company. Inquir...
PRESENTABLE
PRESENT'ABLE, adjective That may be presented; that may be exhibited or represented.1. That may be offered to a church living; as a presentable clerk.2. That admits of the prese...
PRESENTANEOUS
PRESENTA'NEOUS, adjective [Latin proesentaneus.] Ready; quick; immediate; as presentaneous poison.
PRESENTATION
PRESENTA'TION, noun The act of presenting.Prayers are sometimes a presentation of mere desires.1. Exhibition; representation; display; as the presentation of fighting on the sta...
PRESENTATIVE
PRESENT'ATIVE, adjective In ecclesiastical affairs, that has the right of presentation, or offering a clerk to the bishop for institution. Advowsons are presentative collative o...
PRESENTED
PRESENT'ED, participle passive Offered; given; exhibited to view; accused.
PRESENTEE
PRES'ENTEE, noun One presented to a benefice.
PRESENTER
PRESENT'ER, noun One that presents.