prognosticate
verb (used with object)
to forecast or predict (something future) from present indications or signs; prophesy.
prognosticative
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a word derived from
prognosticate.
Example Sentences
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"There may be particular reason to give a decision prospective effect where -- as the argument is made here -- prior law is of questionable prognosticative value," she wrote.
From Reuters ● Jun. 22, 2012
The mountaineer makes the natural phenomena which he most frequently witnesses prognosticative of the future.
From Memoirs of Extraordinary Popular Delusions — Volume 3 by Charles Mackay
