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