Pre*vi"sion (?), n. [Cf. F. prÈvision.] Foresight; foreknowledge;
prescience. H. Spencer.
Pre*voy"ant (?), a. [F. prÈvoyant.] Foreseeing; prescient. [R.] Mrs.
Oliphant.
Pre*warn" (?), v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. Prewarned (?); p. pr. & vb. n.
Prewarning.] To warn beforehand; to forewarn. [R.]
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Prey (?), n. [OF. preie, F. proie, L. praeda, probably for praeheda.
See Prehensile, and cf. Depredate, Predatory.] Anything, as goods,
etc., taken or got by violence; anything taken by force from an enemy
in war; spoil; booty; plunder.
And they brought the captives, and the prey, and the spoil, unto
Moses, and Eleazar the priest.
Num. xxxi. 12.
2. That which is or may be seized by animals or birds to be devoured;
hence, a person given up as a victim.
The old lion perisheth for lack of prey.
Job iv. ii.
Already sees herself the monster's prey.
Dryden.