clairvoyant

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  1. adjective Of or relating to clairvoyance.
  2. adjective Having the supposed power to see objects or events that cannot be perceived by the senses.
  3. noun A person, such as a medium, possessing the supposed power of clairvoyance.

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  • I'd thought Cassandra a good name for a clairvoyant, until now. —  Chance, Karen - Touch the Dark
  • The clairvoyant is then a pure animal, without any admixture of matter. —  Memoirs of Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds
  • "The woman professes to be a clairvoyant, and there are five children, two very unruly boys. —  The Girls at Mount Morris
  • Space seems to have no existence for the clairvoyant. —  Real Ghost Stories
  • The clairvoyant was hypnotised in my wife's presence, and was then ordered 'to look for the place where the murder had been committed and see the whole scene, follow the murderer in his flight, and describe him and his home and the motive for the murder.' —  Real Ghost Stories
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  1. French : clair, clear (from Latin clārus; see kelə-2 in Indo-European roots) + voyant, present participle of voir, to see (from Latin vidēre; see weid- in Indo-European roots).

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  1. Formerly also clara voyant; from French clairvoyant, literally clear-seeing, but peculiarly used in mesmerism, from clair, = English clear, + voyant, present participle of voir, from Latin videre, see: see vision.
 

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