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precognosce

precognosce verb: to examine (e.g. witnesses or evidence) beforehand.

Verb

precognosce (third-person singular simple present precognosces, present participle precognoscing, simple past and past participle precognosced)

  1. (Scotland, transitive) To examine (e.g. witnesses or evidence) beforehand.
    • a committee of nine precognoscing the chances1858-1880, David Masson, Life of Milton in Connexion with the History of His Own Time

Forms of precognosce

third-person singular presentprecognosces
present participleprecognoscing
past participleprecognosced
pastprecognosced

Origin of precognosce

Latin praecognoscere (“to foreknow”).

Questions about precognosce

What does precognosce mean?
Precognosce means to examine (e.g. witnesses or evidence) beforehand.
What part of speech is precognosce?
Precognosce is a verb.
What is the past tense of precognosce?
The past tense of precognosce is precognosced.

Words near precognosce in the dictionary

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

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