vaticinate

verb

va·tic·i·nate | \ və-ˈti-sə-ˌnāt

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vaticinated; vaticinating

Definition of vaticinate

: prophesy, predict

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

History and Etymology for 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, chant entry 1

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The first known use of vaticinate was circa 1623

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