vaticinate en · VERB
Pronunciation
- /vəˈtɪ.səˌneɪt/
Etymology
From Latin vāticinātus, perfect passive participle of vāticinor (“foretell, prophesy”).
Meanings
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(ambitransitive, formal) To predict or foretell future events; to prophesy or presage.
With a slow step, and tears in her eyes, Mrs. Glentworth, vaticinating trouble of some kind, proceeded to cut the string and break the seal of her pacquet.
1842, [anonymous collaborator of Letitia Elizabeth Landon], chapter LI, in Lady Anne Granard; or, Keeping up Appearances. […], volume III, London: Henry Colburn, […], →OCLC, page 27:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| vaticinated | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| vaticinated | Tense=Past | lexicographic | |
| vaticinates | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic | |
| vaticinating | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic |
Deriveds
Translations (5)
it vaticinare (to prophesy or presage) · bg предсказвам (to prophesy or presage) · la vāticinor (to prophesy or presage) · bg пророкувам (to prophesy or presage) · es vaticinar (to prophesy or presage)