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prognosticate |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Prognosticate \Prog*nos"ti*cate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Prognosticated}; p. pr & vb n. {Prognosticating}.] [See {Prognostic}.] To indicate as future; to foretell from signs or symptoms; to prophesy; to foreshow; to predict; as to prognosticate evil. --Burke. I neither will nor can prognosticate To the young gaping heir his father's fate. --Dryden. Syn: To foreshow; foretoken; betoken; forebode; presage; predict; prophesy. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: prognosticate v 1: make a prediction about tell in advance; "Call the outcome of an election" [syn: {predict}, {foretell}, {call}, {forebode}, {anticipate}, {promise}] 2: indicate by signs; "These signs bode bad news" [syn: {bode}, {portend}, {auspicate}, {omen}, {presage}, {betoken}, {foreshadow}, {augur}, {foretell}, {prefigure}, {forecast}, {predict}]
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