prognosticate

[ prog-nos-ti-keyt ]

/ prɒgˈnɒs tɪˌkeɪt /

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verb (used with object), prog·nos·ti·cat·ed, prog·nos·ti·cat·ing.

to forecast or predict (something future) from present indications or signs; prophesy.

to foretoken; presage: birds prognosticating spring.

verb (used without object), prog·nos·ti·cat·ed, prog·nos·ti·cat·ing.

to make a forecast; prophesy.

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1 foretell, foresee, project.

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Origin of prognosticate

1375–1425; late Middle English <Medieval Latin prognōsticātus, past participle of prognōsticāre.See prognostic, -ate¹

OTHER WORDS FROM prognosticate

prog·nos·ti·ca·tive, prog·nos·ti·ca·to·ry

[prog-nos-ti-kuh-tawr-ee, -tohr-ee], /prɒgˈnɒs tɪ kəˌtɔr i, -ˌtoʊr i/, adjectiveprog·nos·ti·ca·tor, nounnon·prog·nos·ti·ca·tive, adjectiveun·prog·nos·ti·cat·ed, adjective

un·prog·nos·ti·ca·tive, adjective

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How to use prognosticate in a sentence

The strange offseason was just the first shock to the prognosticating system.
Losing Money Betting On College Football This Year? You’re Not Alone.|Richard Johnson|December 16, 2020|FiveThirtyEight
One Washington prognosticator, however, stands above the rest.
Dick Morris: World's Worst Political Pundit?|Noah Kristula-Green|August 9, 2012|DAILY BEAST
He is," said political prognosticator Charlie Cook, "gregarious and cunning.
Capitol Hill's New Ruling Class|Lloyd Grove|November 3, 2010|DAILY BEAST
Behavior is just not the reliable prognosticator we imagine it to be.
The New Child-Testing Craze|Po Bronson, Ashley Merryman|February 17, 2010|DAILY BEAST

He considered himself a prognosticator; and, what was more unfortunate, some eminent persons really thought he was.
Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 3 (of 3)|Isaac Disraeli
The Mole has long been recorded as a prognosticator of change of weather, before which it becomes very active.
Eccentricities of the Animal Creation.|John Timbs
Two suns shone in the sky, prognosticator of still deeper frost.
The Conquest|Eva Emery Dye
"My husband is a weather prognosticator," commented his wife, humorously.
The Forged Note|Oscar Micheaux
When the patchwork of mentalities was complete he allowed the conclusions of the prognosticator to occupy his mind.
The Honored Prophet|William E. Bentley

British Dictionary definitions for prognosticate

prognosticate

/ (prɒɡˈnɒstɪˌkeɪt) /

verb

to foretell (future events) according to present signs or indications; prophesy

(tr) to foreshadow or portend

Derived forms of prognosticate

prognostication, nounprognosticative, adjectiveprognosticator, noun

Word Origin for prognosticate

C16: from Medieval Latin prognōsticāre to predict

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prognosticate

[ prŏg-nŏs′tĭ-kāt′ ]

To predict according to present indications or signs; foretell.

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