Prognosticate
[prɒg'nɒstɪkeɪt]
Definition
(v. t.) To indicate as future; to foretell from signs or symptoms; to prophesy; to foreshow; to predict; as, to prognosticate evil.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
v. a. Foretell, predict, foretoken, betoken, prophesy, foreshow, foreshadow, indicate, portend, augur.
Typist: Willie
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Foretell, presage, predict, forebode, foretoken, augur, portend, indicate,betoken
ANT:Record, register, recal, remember, note, rehearse
Typist: Shirley
Examples
- I hope I am not fey, he said to himself; surely this joy does not prognosticate sorrow. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- I, as my nature prompted, would not prognosticate evil, but explained it away as a mere casual incident. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- Is this to prognosticate peace, or to mock at my unhappiness? Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
- On the third day my mother sickened; her fever was very malignant, and the looks of her attendants prognosticated the worst event. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
- Immediately on our departure, I was delighted to find a change in Idris, which I fondly hoped prognosticated the happiest results. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
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