vaticinate
[verb]
Synonyms: foretell, adumbrate, augur, call, forecast, portend, predict, presage, prognosticate, prophesy

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vaticinate verb intrans. & trans. [vǝ'tɪsɪneɪt] Now formal or literary. E17.
[Latin vaticinat- pa. ppl stem of vaticinari prophesy, from VATES: see -ATE³.]
Foretell (an event) by prophetic inspiration.

■ vatici'nation noun (a) a prediction of an oracular or inspired nature; (b) the action or power of making prophecies: E17.

■ vaticinator noun (now rare or obsolete) M17.

■ vatici'natory adjective vaticinal, prophetic L19.

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