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vaticinate

[vuh-tis-uh-neyt] / vəˈtɪs əˌneɪt /
VERB
prophesy
Synonyms
STRONG
adumbrate augur call divine forecast foresee foretell forewarn portend predict presage prognosticate
WEAK
call the turn crystal-ball have a hunch make book psych it out see coming soothsay

Example Sentences

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You enquire after Dante's Prophecy: I have not done more than six hundred lines, but will vaticinate at leisure.

From Life of Lord Byron, Vol. 4 With His Letters and Journals by Moore, Thomas

"You see I've already become the Homer of your triumphs, and vaticinate in rhyme."

From Eric by Farrar, F. W. (Frederic William)

I vaticinate what will be the upshot of all his schemes of reform.

From Crotchet Castle by Peacock, Thomas Love

I can't pretend to foresee what will happen among you Englishers at this distance, but I vaticinate a row in Italy; in whilk case, I don't know that I won't have a finger in it.

From Life of Lord Byron, Vol. 4 With His Letters and Journals by Moore, Thomas

But Gwyneth and I are not uncomfortably provided for, and I no longer contribute paragraphs of gossip to the Pimlico Postboy, nor yet do I vaticinate in the columns of the Tipster. 

From In the Wrong Paradise by Lang, Andrew