precognosce

== English == === Etymology === Latin praecognoscere (“to foreknow”). === Verb === precognosce (third-person singular simple present precognosces, present participle precognoscing, simple past and past participle precognosced) (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