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- noun Plural form of
prescience .
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Examples
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They are glimpses of everlasting day, shining on wanderers in "the valley of the shadow of death;" they are droppings from the overflowing and ineffable cup of mercy; they are presciences of eternity, inestimable, unutterable! and the pen that would describe indescribable perceptions, droops in shame and sorrow at its own imbecility.
The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 14, No. 406, December 26, 1829 Various
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The primitive things she saw helped her to a fulness of life; the south wind brought her profound sweet presciences.
Hilda A Story of Calcutta Sara Jeannette Duncan
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The primitive things she saw helped her to a fulness of life; the south wind brought her profound sweet presciences.
The Path of a Star Sara Jeannette Duncan
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This race of men with their presciences have no quarrel with death.
Young Hilda at the Wars Arthur Gleason 1900
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