omniscient
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om·nis·cient
(ŏm-nĭsh′ənt)adj.
Having total knowledge; knowing everything: an omniscient deity; the omniscient narrator.
n.
1. One having total knowledge.
2. Omniscient God. Used with the.
[Medieval Latin omnisciēns, omniscient- : Latin omni-, omni- + Latin sciēns, scient-, present participle of scīre, to know; see skei- in Indo-European roots.]
om·nis′cience, om·nis′cien·cy n.
om·nis′cient·ly adv.
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omniscient
(ɒmˈnɪsɪənt)adj
1. having infinite knowledge or understanding
2. having very great or seemingly unlimited knowledge
[C17: from Medieval Latin omnisciens, from Latin omni- + scīre to know]
omˈniscience n
omˈnisciently adv
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om•nis•cient
(ɒmˈnɪʃ ənt)adj.
1. having complete or unlimited knowledge, awareness, or understanding.
n. 2. an omniscient being.
3. the Omniscient, God.
om•nis′cient•ly, adv.
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omniscient
adjective all-knowing, all-seeing, all-wise He believes in a benevolent and omniscient deity.
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allvetande
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omniscient
adj → allwissend
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