prognosticative

  • 31prognosticate — [c]/prɒgˈnɒstəkeɪt / (say prog nostuhkayt) verb (prognosticated, prognosticating) –verb (t) 1. to forecast or predict (something future) from present indications or signs; to prophesy. –verb (i) 2. to make a forecast; to prophesy. {Medieval Latin …

  • 32prognosticate — [präg näs′ti kāt΄] vt. prognosticated, prognosticating [< ML prognosticatus, pp. of prognosticare < prognosticus: see PROGNOSTIC] 1. to foretell or predict, esp. from signs or indications 2. to indicate beforehand prognostication n.… …

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  • 33prognosticate — v.tr. 1 (often foll. by that + clause) foretell; foresee; prophesy. 2 (of a thing) betoken; indicate (future events etc.). Derivatives: prognosticable adj. prognostication n. prognosticative adj. prognosticator n. prognosticatory adj. Etymology:… …

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  • 34prophetical — adjective foretelling events as if by supernatural intervention prophetic writings prophetic powers words that proved prophetic • Syn: ↑prophetic • Ant: ↑unprophetic (for: ↑ …

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  • 35precursive — prēˈkərsiv, prə̇ˈk adjective : precursory, prognosticative …

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  • 36prog|nos|ti|ca|tive — «prog NOS tuh KAY tihv», adjective. having the character of a prognostic; predictive: »The comet…was thought prognosticative of the fall of Islamism (John C. Hobhouse) …

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