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Webster 1913 Edition
Prognosticate
Prog-nos′ti-cate
,Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Prognosticated
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Prognosticating
.] [See
Prognostic
.] To indicate as future; to foretell from signs or symptoms; to prophesy; to foreshow; to predict;
as, to
. prognosticate
evilBurke.
I neither will nor can
To the young gaping heir his father’s fate.
prognosticate
To the young gaping heir his father’s fate.
Dryden.
Syn. – To foreshow; foretoken; betoken; forebode; presage; predict; prophesy.
Webster 1828 Edition
Prognosticate
PROGNOS'TICATE
,Verb.
T.
1.
To foreshow; to indicate a future event by present signs. A clear sky at sunset prognosticates a fair day.2.
To foretell by means of present signs; to predict. I neither will nor can prognosticate
To the young gaping heir his father's fate.