PREVISION


Meaning of PREVISION in English

I. prēˈvizhən, prə̇ˈ- noun

Etymology: Late Latin praevision-, praevisio, from Latin praevisus (past participle of praevidēre to foresee, from prae- pre- + vidēre to see) + -ion-, -io -ion — more at wit

1. : foresight , foreknowledge , prescience

over a limited period, which is … as far as human prevision can go — M.R.Cohen

2. : prognostication , forecast

taken aback to find in her glance an equal prevision of dislike — Clemence Dane

II. transitive verb

( previsioned ; previsioned ; previsioning -zh(ə)niŋ ; previsions )

1. : to give or endow with prevision

all who have been previsioned by suffering — Thomas Hardy

2. : foresee

previsioned herself in a position where she could repay slurs — S.H.Adams

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