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Foresight; foreknowledge; prescience. H. Spencer.

PRESCIENCE
Knowledge of events before they take place; foresight. God's certain prescience of the volitions of moral agents. J. Edwards.
FOREKNOWLEDGE
Knowledge of a thing before it happens, or of whatever is to happen; prescience. If I foreknew, Foreknowledge had no influence on their fault. Milton.
SPENCER
One who has the care of the spence, or buttery. Promptorium Parvulorum.
FORESIGHT
Any sight or reading of the leveling staff, except the backsight; any sight or bearing taken by a compass or theodolite in a forward direction. (more info) 1. The act or the power of foreseeing; prescience; foreknowledge. Milton. 2. Action
FORESIGHTFUL
Foresighted.
FORESIGHTED
Sagacious; prudent; provident for the future. Bartram.