prevision

[Fr., from Lat. prævis us, pa. par. of prævideo; Sp. prevision; Ital. prev is i one.] (PREVISE.] The act of of foreseeing; foresight, foreknowledge, prescience. "Daniel's prevision of the performance."- Pearson : On the Creed, Art. 2. IMG:content-1514.png:[blocks in formation] price prêy, *praie, *pray, *preie, *pre ye, s . [O. Fr. praie , preie (Fr. proie ), from Lat. præda =booty; cf. Wel. praidd =flock, herd, booty; Ital. & O. Sp. preda .] [PREDATORY.] 1. Booty, spoil, plunder; goods taken from an enemy in war; anything taken or got by violence. "The rest of the prisoners he dystrybuted among his souldiers every man one in name of a pray." -Goldinge: Cæsar , fo. 237. 2. A person or thing given up to another, a victim. "Give her, as a prey, to law and shame." Shakesp.: Henry VI., Pt. II., ii. 1. 3. That which is, or may be, seized to be devoured by carnivorous animals. ( Job iv. 11.) 4. The act of preying on, or of catching and devouring other creatures; ravage, depredation. "You sat smiling at his cruel prey." Shakesp.: Midsummer Night's Dream, ii. 2. Beast (or bird) of prey: A carnivorous beast or bird; one which lives on the flesh of other animals. *prey-catcher, *praye-catcher, 8. A thief, a robber. prêy, v. i. [PREY, 8.] 1. To take booty or plunder; to plunder, to ravage, to take food by violence. "Like an o'ergrown lion in a cage That goes not out to prey." Shakesp.: Measure for Measure, i. 3. 2. Followed by on or upon. (1) To rob, to plunder. "They pray continually unto their saint, the common. wealth; or rather not pray to her, but prey on her."Shakesp.: Henry IV. Pt . I. , ii. 1. (2) To seize as prey; to seize and devour; to chase and seize as food. "To prey on nothing that doth seem as dead." Shakesp.: As You Like It, iv. 3. (3) To waste or wear away gradually; to cause to waste or pine away; as, His misfortune preyed on his mind. prêy-er, *pre i-er, s . [Eng. prey , v.; -er.] One who preys; a plunderer, a robber, a devourer. "She would needs be a preie unto the preier ." - Hooker : Conquest of Ireland , ch. i *prêy'-ful, *prey-full, a. [Eng. prey; -full.] 1. Given to prey; savage. "The prey full broode of savage beasts." Chapman: Homer's Hymn to Venus. 2. Rich in prey; killing much game. (Shakesp.: Love's Labor's Lost , iv. 2.) prêy'-ing, present par. or adj. [PREY, v. ] A. As pr . par .: (See the verb.) B. As adjective: 1. Ord. Lang.: Plundering, wasting, wearing. 2. Her .: Applied to any ravenous beast or bird, standing on and in a proper position for devouring its prey.