About The Word Prognosticate

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Prognosticate

Prognosticate Meaning & Definition
Prognosticate Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Prognosticate?

[v] indicate by signs; "These signs bode bad news"
[v] make a prediction about; tell in advance; "Call the outcome of an election"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Prognosticate: anticipate | augur | auspicate | betoken | bode | call | forebode | forecast | foreshadow | foretell | omen | portend | predict | prefigure | presage | promise

Related Terms | Find terms related to Prognosticate:

See Also | bespeak | bet | calculate | foreshow | guess | hazard | indicate | outguess | point | prophesy | read | secondguess | signal | threaten | vaticinate | venture | wager

Prognosticate In Webster's Dictionary

\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.

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