vaticinate

• POS: Verb (usu participle)
• HYPHEN: va=tic=i=nate

CIDE DICTIONARY

vaticinate, v. i. & t. [L. vaticinatus, p. p. of vaticinari to prophesy, fr. vaticinus prophetical, fr. vates a prophet.].

 To prophesy; to foretell; to practice prediction; to utter prophecies.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

vaticinate, v.tr. & intr. formal prophesy.

Derivative

vaticinal adj. vaticination n. vaticinator n.

Etymology

L vaticinari f. vates prophet

ROGET THESAURUS

vaticinate

Prediction

VB predict, prognosticate, prophesy, vaticinate, divine, foretell, soothsay, augurate, tell fortunes, cast a horoscope, cast a nativity, advise, forewarn, presage, augur, bode, abode, forebode, foretoken, betoken, prefigure, preshow, portend, foreshow, foreshadow, shadow forth, typify, pretypify, ominate, signify, point to, usher in, herald, premise, announce, lower, hold out expectation, raise expectation, excite expectation, excite hope, bid fair, promise, lead one to expect, be the precursor, extrapolate, project.