2. To shut out by anticipative action; to prevent or hinder by necessary consequence or implication; to
deter action of, access to, employment of, etc.; to render ineffectual; to obviate by anticipation.
This much will obviate and preclude the objections.
Bentley. Preclusion
(Pre*clu"sion) n. [L. praeclusio. See Preclude.] The act of precluding, or the state of
being precluded; a shutting out.
Preclusive
(Pre*clu"sive) a. Shutting out; precluding, or tending to preclude; hindering. — Pre*clu"sive*ly,
adv.
Precoce
(Pre*coce") a. [F. précoce.] Precocious. [Obs.]
Precoces
(||Pre"co*ces), n. pl. [NL.] (Zoöl.) Same as Præcoces.
Precocious
(Pre*co"cious) a. [L. praecox, -ocis, and praecoquus, fr. praecoquere to cook or ripen
beforehand; prae before + coquere to cook. See 3d Cook, and cf. Apricot.]
1. Ripe or mature before the proper or natural time; early or prematurely ripe or developed; as, precocious
trees. [R.] Sir T. Browne.
2. Developed more than is natural or usual at a given age; exceeding what is to be expected of one's
years; too forward; — used especially of mental forwardness; as, a precocious child; precocious talents.
Precociously
(Pre*co"cious*ly), adv. In a precocious manner.
Precociousness
(Pre*co"cious*ness, Pre*coc"i*ty) n. [Cf. F. précocité.] The quality or state of being
precocious; untimely ripeness; premature development, especially of the mental powers; forwardness.
Saucy precociousness in learning.
Bp. Mannyngham.
That precocity which sometimes distinguishes uncommon genius.
Wirt. Precoetanean
(Pre*co`e*ta"ne*an) n. One contemporary with, but older than, another. [Obs.] Fuller.
Precogitate
(Pre*cog"i*tate) v. t. [L. praecogitatus, p. p. of praecogitare. See Pre-, and Cogitate.]
To cogitate beforehand. [R.] Sherwood.
Precogitation
(Pre*cog`i*ta"tion) n. [L. praecogitatio.] Previous cogitation. [R.] Bailey.
Precognition
(Pre`cog*ni"tion) n. [L. praecognitio, fr. praecognoscere to foreknow. See Pre-, and
Cognition.]
1. Previous cognition. Fotherby.
2. (Scots Law) A preliminary examination of a criminal case with reference to a prosecution. Erskine.
Precognizable
(Pre*cog"ni*za*ble) a. Cognizable beforehand.
Precognosce
(Pre*cog"nosce) v. t. [L. praecognoscere to foreknow.] (Scots Law) To examine beforehand,
as witnesses or evidence.
A committee of nine precognoscing the chances.
Masson. Precollection
(Pre`col*lec"tion) n. A collection previously made. [R.]
