Deu'ter-ōs'co-py, n.

n. [Gr. δεύτερος, the second, and σκοπία, a looking out, a spying, from σκοπεῖν, to look at, to behold.] 1. Second sight. I felt by anticipation the horrors of the Highland seers, whom their gift of deuteroscopy compels to witness things unmeet for mortal eye. H. Scott. 2. That which is seen at a second view; the meaning beyond the literal sense; the second intention. Browne.