precoc1ty

[Fr. précocité, from précoce = precocious (q.v.).] 1. Ord . Lang .: The quality or state of being precocious; premature ripene or development of the mental faculties; prematurene , forwardne . time. 2. Bot.: The state of being ripe before the usual *pre-cô-e-tā-ně-an, s. [Pref. pre- , and Eng. coetanean (q. v.).] One contemporary with but yet older than another. "Petrarch the precoetanean of Chaucer." -Fuller : General Worthies, ch. ix. †pre-cog-1-tāte, v. t. [Lat. præcogito : præ= before, and cogito =to think.] To think of, consider, or contrive beforehand. †pre-cog-1-ta-tion, s. [Pref. pre- , and Eng. cogitation (q. v.).) Previous thought, consideration, or contriving.