vaticinate
English
Etymology
From Latin vāticinātus, perfect passive participle of vāticinor (“foretell, prophesy”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /vəˈtɪ.səˌneɪt/
Verb
vaticinate (third-person singular simple present vaticinates, present participle vaticinating, simple past and past participle vaticinated)
- (ambitransitive, chiefly formal) To predict or foretell future events; to prophesy or presage.
- 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:
- 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.
Derived terms
Translations
to prophesy or presage
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Anagrams
Italian
Etymology 1
Verb
vaticinate
- inflection of vaticinare:
- second-person plural present indicative
- second-person plural imperative
Etymology 2
Participle
vaticinate f pl
- feminine plural of vaticinato
Anagrams
Latin
Participle
vāticināte
- vocative masculine singular of vāticinātus
Spanish
Verb
vaticinate