knowledge of a future event or situation, esp. through extrasensory means.

Scots Law .

the examination of witnesses and other parties before a trial in order to supply a legal ground for prosecution.

the evidence established in such an examination.

noun

acumen , discernment , esp , extra sensory perception , feeling , foreknowledge , foresight , fortune-telling , insight , intuition , omen , penetration , perception , prediction , premonition , prophecy , psyche , second sight , sixth sense * , telepathynotes:clairvoyance is a form of esp , precognition is seeing into the future , and telepathy is mind training and thought transference