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Definition of Prognosticate
1. Verb. Make a prediction about; tell in advance. "Call the outcome of an election"
Specialized synonyms: Read, Outguess, Second-guess, Augur, Bet, Wager, Calculate, Forecast, Prophesy, Vaticinate
Generic synonyms: Guess, Hazard, Pretend, Venture
Derivative terms: Anticipatory, Foreboding, Foreboding, Foretelling, Prediction, Predictive, Predictor, Prognosis, Prognostication, Prognostication, Prognosticative, Prognosticator
2. Verb. Indicate by signs. "These signs bode bad news"
Specialized synonyms: Threaten, Foreshow
Generic synonyms: Bespeak, Betoken, Indicate, Point, Signal
Derivative terms: Augur, Auspice, Forecast, Foreshadowing, Omen, Portent, Predictive, Prefigurative, Presage, Prognosis, Prognostication
Definition of Prognosticate
1. v. t. To indicate as future; to foretell from signs or symptoms; to prophesy; to foreshow; to predict; as, to prognosticate evil.
Definition of Prognosticate
1. Verb. (transitive) To predict or forecast, especially through the application of skill. ¹
2. Verb. (transitive) To presage, betoken. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Prognosticate
1. [v -CATED, -CATING, -CATES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Prognosticate
Literary usage of Prognosticate
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Edinburgh Review by Sydney Smith (1869)
"... had viewed in earlier days—when he made the Michael of his ' Paradise Lost'
prognosticate to Adam the desolation of the site of Paradise by the Flood, ..."
2. A Glossary: Or, Collection of Words, Phrases, Names, and Allusions to by Robert Nares (1859)
"A cuckold being called so from the cuckow, the note of that bird wa8 supposed to
prognosticate that destiny, which strengthens the probability of the above ..."
3. Lives of the Queens of England, from the Norman Conquest: With Anecdotes of by Agnes Strickland, Elizabeth Strickland (1843)
"... The appearance of a comet, the day of the infant's birth, was supposed to
prognosticate a great and glorious destiny for the ..."
4. The Works of William Robertson: To which is Prefixed an Account of His Life by William Robertson (1851)
"I find you prognosticate a very short date to my administration : I really believe
that few (but not evil) will be my days. My absence will not probably ..."
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