Miracles
are not contrary to nature, but only contrary to what we know about nature.
Saint
Augustine.
(Clairvoyance) - ORIGIN from French clair ‘clear’ + voir
‘to see’.
Main Entry: clair·voy·ance
Pronunciation: klar-'voi-&n(t)s, kler-
Function: noun - a) the power or faculty of discerning objects not present to the
senses - b) ability to perceive matters beyond the range of ordinary
perception
Clairvoyance /klair voy nss/ • noun the supposed faculty of perceiving
events in the future or beyond normal sensory contact.
clair·voy·ance [ klair vóyəns
] or clair·voy·an·cy [ klair
vóyənsee] seeing what is not normally seen: the supposed ability
to see things beyond the range of normal human vision.
[ Mid-19th century. From French, from clairvoyant “clear-sighted"
from voyant , the present participle of voir “to see" ]
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