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precognizes

precognizes is the third-person singular simple present indicative of precognize.

Meaning of precognize

Verb

precognize (third-person singular simple present precognizes, present participle precognizing, simple past and past participle precognized)

  1. To display or have precognition; to have (paranormal) knowledge of a future event before it occurs.
    • One fact of importance is that so far as the evidence goes we do not precognize the whole of our future. Why is this? It may have the same sort of explanation as the fact that we do not remember the whole of our past.1961, K. W. Rankin, Choice and Chance, a Libertarian Analysis

Questions about precognizes

What is precognizes the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Precognizes is the third-person singular simple present indicative of precognize.

Words near precognizes in the dictionary

  1. precognizable
  2. precognizance
  3. precognizant
  4. precognize
  5. precognized
  6. precognizes
  7. precognizing
  8. precognosce
  9. precognosced
  10. precognosces
  11. precognoscing

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