PROGNOSTICATE

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

prognosticate (third-person singular simple present prognosticates, present participle prognosticating, simple past and past participle prognosticated)

(transitive) To predict or forecast, especially through the application of skill.

(transitive) To presage, betoken.

Synonyms

• presage, prophesy, foretell

Source: Wiktionary


Prog*nos"ti*cate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Prognosticated; p. pr. & vb. n. Prognosticating.] Etym: [See Prognostic.]

Definition: To indicate as future; to foretell from signs or symptoms; to prophesy; to foreshow; to predict; as, to prognosticate evil. Burke. I neither will nor can prognosticate To the young gaping heir his father's fate. Dryden.

Syn.

– To foreshow; foretoken; betoken; forebode; presage; predict; prophesy.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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