prognosticate
verb (used with object)
to forecast or predict (something future) from present indications or signs; prophesy.
had prognosticated
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past perfectof prognosticate.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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Some aides found tweets by prominent figures who had prognosticated a gloomy night for Biden and publicly reminded them of their flawed predictions.
From Washington Post ● Nov. 9, 2022
He announced to Cecil, on October 13, 1601, the landing of a strong body of Spaniards, and their intrenchment, as he had prognosticated, outside the town of Kinsale.
From Sir Walter Ralegh A Biography by W. (William) Stebbing
As he had prognosticated, it came easy to him, and other well-marked symptoms, such as loss of appetite and a partiality for bright colours, developed during the day.
From Many Cargoes by W. W. (William Wymark) Jacobs
This hypocritical old villain was uncle to Caterine Collins, the fortune-teller, who had prognosticated to him such agreeable tiding's on the night of the bonfire.
From The Evil Eye; Or, The Black Spector The Works of William Carleton, Volume One by William Carleton
In less time than the old man had prognosticated, the dense fog had rapidly spread itself over the water, blotting the sun from the heavens, and enfolding every object in its chilly embrace.
From Flora Lyndsay or, Passages in an Eventful Life by Susanna Moodie
