— precognitive /pree kog"ni tiv/ , adj.
/pree'kog nish"euhn/ , n.
1. knowledge of a future event or situation, esp. through extrasensory means.
2. Scot. Law.
a. the examination of witnesses and other parties before a trial in order to supply a legal ground for prosecution.
b. the evidence established in such an examination.
[ 1400-50; late ME praecognition-, s. of praecognitio; see PRE-, COGNITION ]