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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

PRESCIOUS

a.[L. proescius; proe and scio, to know. ] Foreknowing; having foreknowledge; as prescious of ills.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

PRESCIOUS

PRESCIOUS Pre "scious (pre "shus ), a. [L. praescius; prae before + scius knowing, fr. scire to know. ]

 

Defn: Foreknowing; having foreknowledge; as, prescious of ills. [R.] Dryden.