precognosce

English

Etymology

Latin praecognoscere (“to foreknow”).

Verb

precognosce (third-person singular simple present precognosces, present participle precognoscing, simple past and past participle precognosced)

  1. (law, Scotland, transitive) To examine (e.g. witnesses or evidence) beforehand.
    • 1858-1880, David Masson, Life of Milton in Connexion with the History of His Own Time
      a committee of nine precognoscing the chances
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