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perspicacia [LL] 1 keenness of sight, sharpsightedness. de visu corporali, in quo plura videntur simul, non tamen equali ~ia Peckham QA 69. 2 ability to perceive clearly, discernment, perspicacity. tales enim librato diu multumque examine perpensaque et certanti animorum ~ia cum rex tum archiepiscopus promoverant ubicumque locorum W. Malm. GP I 18 p. 27; bruta nullam cogitationis ~iam habentia Bern. Comm. Aen. 39; quin anima ‥ ex innata sibi ~ia quasdam futurorum prefiguret imagines P. Blois Ep. 65. 195A. 3 watchfulness, vigilance. custodientium perspicatiam [v. l. diligentiam] fugiendo luserunt W. Malm. GR II 134.

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