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339. precoëtaneant (pre-kō-ē-tāʼnē-an), n. [ Indeed I read of Petrarch (the pre - coetanean of our Chaucer) that he was crowned with a laurel in the Capitol by the senate of Rome, an. 1341. Fuller , General Worthies, ix. pre cogitate (prē-koj'i-tāt), v . t .; pret. and pp. pre cogitated , ppr. pre cogitating . [L. præcog i tatus , pp. of præcog it are (> It. pre cog it are ), ponder or consider in advance, præ , before, + cog it are , think, consider: see cogitate .] To consider or contrive beforehand. [Rare.] pre cogitation (prē-koj-i-tāʻshon), n . [=It. pre cog it azione , præcogitatio ( n- ), forethought, præcog it are , think upon beforehand: see pre cogitate.] Previous thought or consider a tion. precognition (prē-kog-nish'on), n. [= Sp. pre cognicion = It. precognizione , præcogni tio ( n- ), foreknowledge, præcognoscere , foreknow: see precognosce and cognition .] 1. Previous knowledge or cognition; antecedent examination. When it is said our "righteousne must exceed that of the scribes and Pharisees," let us first take notice, by way of precognition , that it must at least be so much.