prognosticate
to forecast or predict (something future) from present indications or signs; prophesy.
to be a sign or indicator of a coming event: An overcast Groundhog Day is supposed to prognosticate an early spring.
to make a forecast; prophesy.
Origin of prognosticate
1Other words for prognosticate
Other words from prognosticate
- prog·nos·ti·ca·tive [prog-nos-ti-key-tiv], /prɒgˈnɒs tɪˌkeɪ tɪv/, prog·nos·ti·ca·to·ry [prog-nos-ti-kuh-tawr-ee], /prɒgˈnɒs tɪ kəˌtɔr i/, adjective
- prog·nos·ti·ca·tor, noun
- non·prog·nos·ti·ca·tive, adjective
- un·prog·nos·ti·cat·ed, adjective
- un·prog·nos·ti·ca·tive, adjective
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How to use prognosticate in a sentence
The mountaineer makes the natural phenomena which he most frequently witnesses prognosticative of the future.
Memoirs of Extraordinary Popular Delusions | Charles Mackay
British Dictionary definitions for prognosticate
/ (prɒɡˈnɒstɪˌkeɪt) /
to foretell (future events) according to present signs or indications; prophesy
(tr) to foreshadow or portend
Origin of prognosticate
1Derived forms of prognosticate
- prognostication, noun
- prognosticative, adjective
- prognosticator, noun
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