vaticinate

verb

va·​tic·​i·​nate və-ˈti-sə-ˌnāt 

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vaticinated; vaticinating

: prophesy, predict

vaticinator

və-ˈti-sə-ˌnā-tər 

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noun

Synonyms

• augur
• call
• forecast
• foretell
• predict
• presage
• prognosticate
• prophesy
• read

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

Word History

Etymology

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

First Known Use

circa 1623, in the meaning defined above