VATICINATE

vaticinate

(verb) foretell through or as if through the power of prophecy

prophesy, vaticinate

(verb) predict or reveal through, or as if through, divine inspiration

Source: WordNet® 3.1

Etymology

Verb

vaticinate (third-person singular simple present vaticinates, present participle vaticinating, simple past and past participle vaticinated)

(ambitransitive, chiefly, formal) To predict or foretell (future events).

Anagrams

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Source: Wiktionary

Va*tic"i*nate, v. i. & t. Etym: [L. vaticinatus, p. p. of vaticinari to prophesy, fr. vaticinus prophetical, fr. vates a prophet.]

Definition: To prophesy; to foretell; to practice prediction; to utter prophecies.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition