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vaticinate

verb va·tic·i·nate \ və-ˈti-sə-ˌnāt , va- \

Definition of vaticinate

vaticinated; vaticinating

: prophesy, predict

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vaticinator

play \və-ˈti-sə-ˌnā-tər, va-\ noun

Examples of vaticinate in a Sentence

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

Origin and Etymology of vaticinate

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, ¹chant

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