Some 16th-century Italian clergymen tried to ban coffee because they believed it to be “satanic.” However, Pope Clement VII loved coffee so much that he lifted the ban and had coffee baptized in 1600.
PREDICT
bode, portend, auspicate, prognosticate, omen, presage, betoken, foreshadow, augur, foretell, prefigure, forecast, predict
(verb) indicate, as with a sign or an omen; “These signs bode bad news”
predict, foretell, prognosticate, call, forebode, anticipate, promise
(verb) make a prediction about; tell in advance; “Call the outcome of an election”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Verb
predict (third-person singular simple present predicts, present participle predicting, simple past and past participle predicted)
(transitive) To make a prediction: to forecast, foretell, or estimate a future event on the basis of knowledge and reasoning; to prophesy a future event on the basis of mystical knowledge or power.
(transitive, of theories, laws, etc.) To imply.
(intransitive) To make predictions.
(transitive, military, rare) To direct a ranged weapon against a target by means of a predictor.
Synonyms
• foretell, forespell, forespeak, halsen
Antonyms
• retrodict
Noun
predict (plural predicts)
(obsolete) A prediction.
Source: Wiktionary
Pre*dict", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Predicted; p. pr. & vb. n. Predicting.] Etym: [L. praedictus, p. p. of praedicere to predict; prae before + dicere to say, tell. See Diction, and cf. Preach.]
Definition: To tell or declare beforehand; to foretell; to prophesy; to presage; as, to predict misfortune; to predict the return of a comet.
Syn.
– To foretell; prophesy; prognosticate; presage; forebode; foreshow; bode.
Pre*dict", n.
Definition: A prediction. [Obs.] Shak.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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