From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Prescient \Pre"sci*ent\ (pr[=e]"sh[i^]*ent or -shent), adjective [L. praesciens, -entis, p. pr. of praescire to foreknow; prae before + scire to know: cf. F. prescient. See {Science}.] Having knowledge of coming events; foreseeing; conscious beforehand. --Pope.
Henry . . . had shown himself sensible, and almost prescient, of this event. --Bacon.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
prescient
adjective: perceiving the significance of events before they occur; "extroardinarily prescient memoranda on the probable course of postwar relations"-R.H.Rovere
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