vaticinate

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English

Etymology

From Latin vāticinātus, perfect passive participle of vāticinor (foretell, prophesy).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /vəˈtɪ.səˌneɪt/

Verb

vaticinate (third-person singular simple present vaticinates, present participle vaticinating, simple past and past participle vaticinated)

  1. (transitive, intransitive, chiefly formal) To predict or foretell future events; to prophesy or presage.
    • 1842, [anonymous collaborator of Letitia Elizabeth Landon], chapter LI, in Lady Anne Granard; or, Keeping up Appearances. , volume III, London: Henry Colburn, , →OCLC, page 27:
      With a slow step, and tears in her eyes, Mrs. Glentworth, vaticinating trouble of some kind, proceeded to cut the string and break the seal of her pacquet.

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Italian

Etymology 1

Verb

vaticinate

  1. inflection of vaticinare:
    1. second-person plural present indicative
    2. second-person plural imperative

Etymology 2

Participle

vaticinate f pl

  1. feminine plural of vaticinato

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Latin

Participle

vāticināte

  1. vocative masculine singular of vāticinātus

Spanish

Verb

vaticinate

  1. second-person singular voseo imperative of vaticinar combined with te