precognition : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: precognition	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for precognition
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
precognition n knowledge of an event before it occurs [syn: precognition, foreknowledge]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Precognition \Pre`cog*ni"tion\, n. [L. praecognitio, fr. praecognoscere to foreknow. See {Pre-}, and {Cognition}.] 1. Previous cognition. --Fotherby. 2. (Scots Law) A preliminary examination of a criminal case with reference to a prosecution. --Erskine.