prognosticate
verb (used with object)
to forecast or predict (something future) from present indications or signs; prophesy.
prognosticates
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present tense formof prognosticate (3rd person singular).present tense
Used to describe things happening now or regularly.
Example Sentences
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But company salesmen as a group are good prognosticates, and certain cities, such as Philadelphia and Boston, seem to be particularly seismographic in detecting the rumble of an approaching hit.
From Time Magazine Archive
On rare occasions, of course, the Supreme Court has mocked prognosticates with a ruling contrary to all expert expectation.
From Time Magazine Archive
The majority of pre-season prognosticates had picked the Reds and Yankees as favorites in the 1939 pennant race.
From Time Magazine Archive
He forgets that there is such a thing as the logic of events, which is different from the logical processes of a person who sits outside and prognosticates.
From By the Christmas Fire by Samuel McChord Crothers
To a woman, it is significant of disappointment; but to see them flying southward, prognosticates a joyful meeting of absent friends, and that lovers will remain faithful.
From Ten Thousand Dreams Interpreted, or what's in a dream: a scientific and practical exposition by Gustavus Hindman Miller
