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Meaning of SECOND SIGHT

Pronunciation:  'sekund sIt

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 Definition: [n]  apparent power to perceive things that are not present to the senses
 
 Synonyms: clairvoyance, E.S.P., ESP, extrasensory perception
 
 See Also: foreknowledge, parapsychology, precognition, psychic phenomena, psychic phenomenon

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Sec"ond-sight`\, n.
The power of discerning what is not visible to the physical
eye, or of foreseeing future events, esp. such as are of a
disastrous kind; the capacity of a seer; prophetic vision.

      he was seized with a fit of second-sight. --Addison.

      Nor less availed his optic sleight, And Scottish gift
      of second-sight.                         --Trumbull.

 

 

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