Postdict

//pəʊs(t)ˈdɪkt// verb

verb ·Rare ·Advanced level

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Verb
  1. 1
    To estimate or suppose something which took place in past; to conjecture something that occurred beforehand. transitive

Etymology

Modelled on predict; see post-.

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