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mantic

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man⋅tic

  [man-tik]
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–adjective
1. of or pertaining to divination.
2. having the power of divination.
Origin:
1580–90; < Gk mantikós of a soothsayer, prophetic. See mantis, -ic

Related forms:
man⋅ti⋅cal⋅ly, adverb

-mantic

 
a combining form used in the formation of adjectives corresponding to nouns ending in -mancy: necromantic.
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man·tic   (mān'tĭk)   
adj.  Of, relating to, or having the power of divination; prophetic.

[Greek mantikos, from mantis, seer; see men-1 in Indo-European roots.]
man'tic·al·ly adv.
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