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Definition of Clairvoyant

1. Adjective. Perceiving things beyond the natural range of the senses.

2. Noun. Someone who has the power of clairvoyance.

3. Adjective. Foreseeing the future.

Definition of Clairvoyant

1. a. Pertaining to clairvoyance; discerning objects while in a mesmeric state which are not present to the senses.

2. n. One who is able, when in a mesmeric state, to discern objects not present to the senses.

Definition of Clairvoyant

1. Adjective. Of, or relating to clairvoyance. ¹

2. Adjective. Able to see things that cannot be perceived by the normal senses. ¹

3. Adjective. Able to foresee the future. ¹

4. Noun. A person able to see things that cannot be perceived by the normal senses. ¹

5. Noun. A person able to foresee the future. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Clairvoyant

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Lexicographical Neighbors of Clairvoyant

clairalience clairaudience clairaudiences clairaudient clairaudiently claircognizance clairgustance clairin clairite clairon

clairsentience clairsentient clairty clairvoyance clairvoyances clairvoyant (current term) clairvoyantly clairvoyants clam clam bake

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Literary usage of Clairvoyant

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

1. Dr. Chase's Recipes: Or, Information for Everybody: an Invaluable Collection by Alvin Wood Chase (1888)
"A?ue Cure, by a clairvoyant.—There is no doubt in my mind but what there is much virtue in the following clairvoyant prescription, for I have knowledge of ..."

2. Lawyers' Reports Annotated by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company (1903)
"The clairvoyant and the practitioner of the allopathic or homoeopathic system ... This is just the difference between clairvoyant physicians as a class .and ..."

3. Hypnotism: Its History, Practice and Theory by John Milne Bramwell (1906)
"The clairvoyant, after holding my hand for some time, informed me that I ... These obvious outward indications of disease the clairvoyant failed to notice. ..."

4. Proceedings of the American Society for Psychical Research by American Society for Psychical Research (1908)
"clairvoyant DIAGNOSIS AND OTHER EXPERIMENTS. By James H. Hyslop. INTRODUCTION. The following record is of experiments with members of the same family. ..."

5. Dictionary of Philosophy and Psychology: Including Many of the Principal by James Mark Baldwin (1901)
"In this connection it was taken up (2) by modern phrenology, and especially by modern spiritualism, mediums frequently claiming clairvoyant power. ..."

6. Modern Mysteries Explained and Exposed by Asa Mahan (1855)
"clairvoyant REVELATIONS OF EMANUEL SWEDENBORG. REV. Al M AH AN, FIRST PRESIDENT OF CLEVELAND UNIVERSITY. ! There are more things heaven and earth, Horatio, ..."

7. Belgrade, the White City of Death: Being the History of King Alexander and by Flora Ames (1903)
"A clairvoyant VISION OF THE ASSASSINATIONS AT BELGRADE. THE assassination of the King and the Queen at Belgrade, which occurred in the early hours of the ..."

8. The Life and Times of Henry, Lord Brougham by Henry Peter Brougham Brougham and Vaux (1871)
"—A clairvoyant.—Departure from Stockholm to Upsala.—Country Palace of Gustavus III.—Rural Affairs.—Reindeer.—Wild Animals.—Runic Antiquities. ..."

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