prognosticate
verb (used with object)
to forecast or predict (something future) from present indications or signs; prophesy.
Used to describe an action that began in the past, has continued continuously, and is still in progress.
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Anderson Forecast, which has been prognosticating California’s economic trajectory since 1952, expects that the state and national economies won’t fully recover until “well past 2022.”
From New York Times ● Jul. 10, 2020