presentient

[ pree-sen-shuhnt ]

adjective

1. having a presentiment.

presentient

/ prɪˈsɛnʃənt; priː-; -ˈzɛn- /

adjective

1. characterized by or experiencing a presentiment

Word History and Origins

Origin of presentient¹

1805–15; < Latin praesentient- (stem of praesentiēns ), present participle of praesentīre. See pre-, sentient

Word History and Origins

Origin of presentient¹

C19: from Latin praesentiens present participle of praesentire, from prae- pre- + sentire to feel

Example Sentences

The fears in his mind might be vague and ill-defined as yet; but when he did consider, in some presentient fashion, the scenes of terror that were soon to be enacted in the Great City, and when he imagined his father, weak, gentle, yielding as he was, swept into that furious vortex of blood and of death, what could there be but pity for the old man and dread for his inevitable end?

From Project Gutenberg

Presentient, prē-sen′shi-ent, adj. perceiving beforehand.—n.

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Well may your heart swell in presentient sadness, indulgent reader, when your footsteps wander through places where the splendid monuments of Old German Art speak, like eloquent tongues, of the magnificence, good steady industry, and sterling honesty of an illustrious age now long since passed away.

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For the sake of his symphony, he forced himself into a quiet frame of mind at night, made room for faint-hearted hopes, and lulled his presentient soul into peace.

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But now let us conjecture that the so presentient Auscultator has handed-in his Relatio ex Actis; been invited to a glass of Rhine-wine; and so, instead of returning dispirited and athirst to his dusty Town-home, 106is ushered into the Gardenhouse, where sit the choicest party of dames and cavaliers: if not engaged in Æsthetic Tea, yet in trustful evening conversation, and perhaps Musical Coffee, for we hear of ‘harps and pure voices making the stillness live.’

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