vaticinate

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verb

va·​tic·​i·​nate və-ˈti-sə-ˌnāt 

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vaticinated; vaticinating

: prophesy, predict

vaticinator

və-ˈti-sə-ˌnā-tər 

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noun

vaticinator

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noun

va·​tic·​i·​na·​tor

plural -s

: one that vaticinates : prophet

Synonyms of vaticinate

Verb

• predict
• read
• anticipate

Examples of vaticinate in a Sentence

Verb

if he could really vaticinate the course of the stock market, he'd be rich enough to own Manhattan

Word History

Etymology

Verb

borrowed from Latin vāticinātus, past participle of vāticinārī "to make divinely inspired predictions, prophesy, warn," verbal derivative of *vāticinium "act of prophesying," from vātēs "prophet, seer" + canere "to sing, chant, utter" + -ium, deverbal noun suffix — more at vatic, chant entry 1

Noun

Latin, from vaticinatus (past participle of vaticinari to prophesy) + -or

First Known Use

Verb

circa 1623, in the meaning defined above