Definition of Previsionary

1. [adj]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Previsionary

previous
previous(a)
previous(p)
previous question
previously
previously disadvantaged
previousness
previousnesses
previs
previse
prevised
previses
prevising
prevision
previsional
previsionary (current term)
previsioned
previsioning
previsions
previsit
previsited
previsiting
previsits
previsive
previsor
previsors
previsualization
previsualizations
previz
prevocalic

Literary usage of Previsionary

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Treatment of Disease from the Homeopathic Standpoint by Henry W. Roby (1886)
"By this previsionary power in homeopathy it is capable of grappling at once with any great epidemic that may arise without waiting for an edict of the royal ..."

2. The Journal of the American Society for Psychical Research by American Society for Psychical Research (1909)
"... B. who was boarding in the same house at the time and this lady was the object of some interesting experiences by Mrs. B. later that were previsionary. ..."

3. Handbook of Alaska: Its Resources, Products, and Attractions by Adolphus Washington Greely (1909)
"Hatcheries previsionary and timely measures have been adopted to insure continued prosperity in the salmon fishery, by guarding against undue depletion ..."

4. The Teaching of English in the Elementary and the Secondary School by Percival Chubb (1902)
"constructive, previsionary power which is required in all the higher activities of the human mind. One may alter one's plan, one may not even provide for ..."

5. The Freedom of Faith by Theodore Thornton Munger (1883)
"Its wisdom is to be found in its previsionary features, in its reversal of ordinary history, that is, it planted the nation on equal rights at the outset ..."

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