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vaticinate
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Verb vaticinate has 2 senses
- vaticinate(v = verb.communication) prophesy - predict or reveal through, or as if through, divine inspiration; Array is one way to anticipate, call, forebode, foretell, predict, prognosticate, promise
- vaticinate(v = verb.communication) Array - foretell through or as if through the power of prophecy; Array is one way to prophesy, vaticinate
Derived forms noun vaticination1, noun vaticinator1
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Derived forms noun vaticination1, noun vaticinator1
Sample sentence:
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CIDE DICTIONARY
vaticinate, v. i. & t. [L. vaticinatus, p. p. of vaticinari to prophesy, fr. vaticinus prophetical, fr. vates a prophet.].
To prophesy; to foretell; to practice prediction; to utter prophecies. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
vaticinate, v.tr. & intr. formal prophesy.
Derivative
vaticinal adj. vaticination n. vaticinator n.
Etymology
L vaticinari f. vates prophet
ROGET THESAURUS
vaticinate
Prediction
VB predict, prognosticate, prophesy, vaticinate, divine, foretell, soothsay, augurate, tell fortunes, cast a horoscope, cast a nativity, advise, forewarn, presage, augur, bode, abode, forebode, foretoken, betoken, prefigure, preshow, portend, foreshow, foreshadow, shadow forth, typify, pretypify, ominate, signify, point to, usher in, herald, premise, announce, lower, hold out expectation, raise expectation, excite expectation, excite hope, bid fair, promise, lead one to expect, be the precursor, extrapolate, project.
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