previsive

pre·vis·ive
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US, UK/pɹɪˈvaɪsɪv/

adjective

Pertaining to prevision or foresight.

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Meanings

adjectiveprevisive (comparative more previsive, superlative most previsive)

comparative more previsive · superlative most previsive

  1. archaicPertaining to prevision or foresight.

    His knowledge is previsive, for He is present to all time.

    1902, William James, “Lecture XVIII: Philisophy”, in The Varieties of Religious Experience: A Study in Human Nature […] , New York, N.Y.; London: Longmans, Green, and Co. […], →OCLC, page 441

Origin

From previse + -ive.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with previsive

decisivedivisiveincisiveindecisivederisivenasoincisive
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APA

previsive. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/previsive

MLA

“previsive.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/previsive. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “previsive,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/previsive.

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