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praecognita

Today it means: Things previously known, or which should be known in order to understand something else. Full definition →

Latin praecognitus

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Latin · derived frompraecognitus
English todaypraecognita

From Latin praecognitus, past participle of praecognoscere (“to foreknow”). See pre- and cognition.

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