Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Having a presentiment.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Perceiving beforehand; having a prophetic sense or impression.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Feeling or perceiving beforehand.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Having a
presentiment
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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And the clerk has brought the lawyer's papers from Chambers; and in half an hour the literary man knows that the printer's boy will be in the passage; and Mr. Smith with that little account (that particular little account) has called presentient of your arrival, and has left word that he will call to-morrow morning at ten.
The History of Pendennis William Makepeace Thackeray 1837
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Mr. Smith with that little account (that particular little account) has called presentient of your arrival, and has left word that he will call to-morrow morning at ten.
The History of Pendennis, Volume 2 His Fortunes and Misfortunes, His Friends and His Greatest Enemy William Makepeace Thackeray 1837
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And the clerk has brought the lawyer’s papers from Chambers; and in half an hour the literary man knows that the printer’s boy will be in the passage; and Mr. Smith with that little account (that particular little account) has called presentient of your arrival, and has left word that he will call tomorrow morning at ten.
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In response to this challenge, a proponent of the higher-brain approach may either (1) assert that the presentient fetus, PVS patient, and anencephalic infant are not alive despite appearances (Puccetti 1988) or (2) allow that these organisms are alive but are not of the same fundamental kind as we persons: minded beings (McMahan 2002, 423-6).
The Definition of Death DeGrazia, David 2007
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Poetic Obituaries: Jorge Gonzalez read a presentient poem written by Nayanci Gonzalez just 23 days before she died, entitled, "A Day Begins Without Me."
Archive 2006-11-01 Rus Bowden 2006
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Poetic Obituaries: Jorge Gonzalez read a presentient poem written by Nayanci Gonzalez just 23 days before she died, entitled, "A Day Begins Without Me."
Poetic Obituaries: Jorge Gonzalez read a presentient poem Rus Bowden 2006
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Reproduction in their presentient days had been a haphazard and frightful business—a given male fertilizing as many females as he could before being devoured by one of them in the nuptial act.
THE WOUNDED SKY DIANE DUANE 1983
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Reproduction in their presentient days had been a haphazard and frightful business—a given male fertilizing as many females as he could before being devoured by one of them in the nuptial act.
THE WOUNDED SKY DIANE DUANE 1983
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Reproduction in their presentient days had been a haphazard and frightful business—a given male fertilizing as many females as he could before being devoured by one of them in the nuptial act.
THE WOUNDED SKY DIANE DUANE 1983
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Reproduction in their presentient days had been a haphazard and frightful business—a given male fertilizing as many females as he could before being devoured by one of them in the nuptial act.
THE WOUNDED SKY DIANE DUANE 1983
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