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prog⋅nos⋅ti⋅cate

  [prog-nos-ti-keyt] verb, -cat⋅ed, -cat⋅ing.
Use prognosticate in a Sentence
–verb (used with object)
1. to forecast or predict (something future) from present indications or signs; prophesy.
2. to foretoken; presage: birds prognosticating spring.
–verb (used without object)
3. to make a forecast; prophesy.
Origin:
1375–1425; late ME < ML prognōsticātus, ptp. of prognōsticāre. See prognostic, -ate 1

Related forms:
prog⋅nos⋅ti⋅ca⋅tive, prog⋅nos⋅ti⋅ca⋅to⋅ry  [prog-nos-ti-kuh-tawr-ee, -tohr-ee] , adjective
prog⋅nos⋅ti⋅ca⋅tor, noun

Synonyms:
1. foretell, foresee, project.
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prog·nos·ti·cate   (prŏg-nŏs'tĭ-kāt')   
tr.v.   prog·nos·ti·cat·ed, prog·nos·ti·cat·ing, prog·nos·ti·cates
  1. To predict according to present indications or signs; foretell. See Synonyms at predict.
  2. To foreshadow; portend: urban renewal that prognosticates a social and cultural renaissance.

[Middle English pronosticaten, from Medieval Latin prognōsticāre, prognōsticāt-, from Latin prognōsticum, sign of the future, from Greek prognōstikon, from neuter of prognōstikos, foreknowing; see prognostic.]
prog·nos'ti·ca'tion n., prog·nos'ti·ca'tive adj., prog·nos'ti·ca'tor n.
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Prognosticate

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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Main Entry: prog·nos·ti·cate
Pronunciation: präg-'näs-t&-"kAt
Function: transitive verb
Inflected Forms: -cat·ed;-cat·ing
: to make a prognosis about the probable outcome of —prog·nos·ti·ca·tion /-"näs-t&-'kA-sh&n/ noun
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prognosticate prog·nos·ti·cate (prŏg-nŏs'tĭ-kāt')
v. prog·nos·ti·cat·ed, prog·nos·ti·cat·ing, prog·nos·ti·cates
To predict according to present indications or signs; foretell.

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