What's the meaning of the word prevision in the excerpt below? "Yet his attention had never before been so sharply and decisively arrested; and it was with a strong, superstitious prevision of success that he withdrew into the entry of the court."

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"Yet his attention had never before been so sharply and decisively arrested; and it was with a strong, [ superstitious prevision of success that he withdrew into the entry of the court." Prevision means a (prophetic) VISION. ]

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Which type of figurative language is used in the following excerpt? "I must have stared upon it for near half a minute, sunk as I was in the mere stupidity of wonder, before terror woke up in my breast as sudden and startling as the crash of cymbals . . ."

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I must have stared upon it for near half a minute, sunk as I was in the mere stupidity of wonder, before terror woke up in my breast as sudden and startling as the crash of cymbals . . ." Type of figurative language: Onomatopoeia. ("crash")

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