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verb
vaĀ·​ticĀ·​iĀ·​nate | \ və-Ėˆti-sə-ĖŒnāt How to pronounce vaticinate (audio) , va-\
vaticinated; vaticinating

Definition of vaticinate

: prophesy, predict
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Other Words from vaticinate

vaticinator \ və-​Ėˆti-​sə-​ĖŒnā-​tər How to pronounce vaticinator (audio) , va-​ \ noun

Examples of vaticinate in a Sentence

if he could really vaticinate the course of the stock market, he'd be rich enough to own Manhattan

First Known Use of vaticinate

circa 1623, in the meaning defined above

History and Etymology for vaticinate

borrowed from Latin vāticinātus, past participle of vāticinārÄ« "to make divinely inspired predictions, prophesy, warn," verbal derivative of *vāticinium "act of prophesying," from vātēs "prophet, seer" + canere "to sing, chant, utter" + -ium, deverbal noun suffix ā€” more at vatic, chant entry 1

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