Meaning of SECOND SIGHT
| Pronunciation: | | 'sekund sIt
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[n] apparent power to perceive things that are not present to the senses |
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| | Synonyms: | | clairvoyance, E.S.P., ESP, extrasensory perception |
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| | See Also: | | foreknowledge, parapsychology, precognition, psychic phenomena, psychic phenomenon | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | 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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