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Vaticinate

//vəˈtɪ.səˌneɪt// verb

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Verb
  1. 1
    To predict or foretell future events; to prophesy or presage. ambitransitive, formal

    "With a slow step, and tears in her eyes, Mrs. Glentworth, vaticinating trouble of some kind, proceeded to cut the string and break the seal of her pacquet."

  2. 2
    foretell through or as if through the power of prophecy wordnet
  3. 3
    predict or reveal through, or as if through, divine inspiration wordnet

Etymology

From Latin vāticinātus, perfect passive participle of vāticinor (“foretell, prophesy”).

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