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To foresee or foreknow; to detect; to anticipate; to conjecture. A sagacity which divined the evil designs. Bancroft.

gical book of the old Scandinavian tribes of German origin, containing two collections of Sagas (legends, myths) of the old northern gods and heroes.

eeing to great distance; hence, of good judgment regarding the remote effects of actions; sagacious.

e or hunt out of a lurking place, as a ferret does the cony; to search out by patient and sagacious efforts; -- often used with out; as, to ferret out a secret. Master Fer! I'll fer him, and firk him, and ferret him. Shak.

Sagacious; prudent; provident for the future. Bartram.

To endow with some power or faculty. He was gifted . . . with philosophical sagacity. I. Taylor.

Having sound judgment; sagacious; shrewd. -- Hard"-head`ed*ness, n.

Witty; shrewd; adroit; keen; sagacious; as, an ingenious reply.

not a square, that three are more than two, etc.; quick or ready insight or apprehension. Sagacity and a nameless something more, -- let us call it intuition. Hawthorne.

Directed or governed by sound judgment; having sound judgment; wise; prudent; sagacious; discreet. He is noble, wise, judicious, and best knows The fits o' the season. Shak.

The quality or state of being judicious; sagacity; s

Like, or becoming, a lawyer; as, lawyerlike sagacity. "Lawyerly mooting of this point." Milton.

Able to see objects at a great distance; hence, having great foresight; sagacious; farseeing.

The state or condition of being long-sighted; hence, sagacity; shrewdness.

Having unusual foresight or sagacity. -- Long"-head`ed*ness, n.

Perception; insight; acuteness. [Obs.] Methinks a man Of your sagacity and clear nostril should Have made another choice. B. Jonson.

Acute; discerning; sagacious; quick to discover; as, a penetrating mind.

Acuteness; insight; sharp discoverment; sagacity; as, a person of singular penetration. Walpole.

Acute; discerning; sagacious; as, penetrative wisdom. "The penetrative eye." Wordsworth. Led on by skill of penetrative soul. Grainger.

Sagacity; perspicacity.