adj ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective

1. 1
   Pertaining to a prophet; prophetic, oracular.

   "The truth of life lay in the vatic messages words sent, meanings beyond what the world called meaning."

Adjective

1. 1
   resembling or characteristic of a prophet or prophecy wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms

divinatorydivinatorymanticsibyllicsibyllinevatical

Example

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"The truth of life lay in the vatic messages words sent, meanings beyond what the world called meaning."

Etymology

From Latin vates (“seer, poet”) + -ic.

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