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vaticinator

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va⋅tic⋅i⋅nate

  [vuh-tis-uh-neyt]
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–verb (used with object), verb (used without object), -nat⋅ed, -nat⋅ing.
to prophesy.
Origin:
1615–25; < L vāticinātus (ptp. of vaticinārī to prophesy), equiv. to vāti- (s. of vātēs seer) + -cin- (comb. form of canere to sing, prophesy) + -ātus -ate 1

Related forms:
va⋅tic⋅i⋅na⋅tor, noun
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va·tic·i·nate   (vā-tĭs'ə-nāt', və-)   
v.   va·tic·i·nat·ed, va·tic·i·nat·ing, va·tic·i·nates

v.   tr.
To prophesy; foretell. See Synonyms at foretell.
v.   intr.
To be a prophet.

[Latin vāticinārī, vāticināt-, from vātēs, seer; see vatic.]
va·tic'i·na'tor n.
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