'Prognosticate' definitions:
Definition of 'prognosticate'
From: WordNet
Definition of 'Prognosticate'
From: GCIDE
- Prognosticate \Prog*nos"ti*cate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Prognosticated; p. pr. & vb. n. Prognosticating.] [See Prognostic.] To indicate as future; to foretell from signs or symptoms; to prophesy; to foreshow; to predict; as, to prognosticate evil. --Burke. [1913 Webster]
- I neither will nor can prognosticate To the young gaping heir his father's fate. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
- Syn: To foreshow; foretoken; betoken; forebode; presage; predict; prophesy. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'prognosticate'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- adumbrate,
- announce,
- augur,
- bet,
- betoken,
- cast a horoscope,
- cast a nativity,
- divine,
- dope,
- dope out,
- dowse for water,
- forebode,
- forecast,
- foresee,
- foreshadow,
- foretell,
- foretoken,
- fortune-tell,
- gamble,
- guess,
- harbinger,
- hariolate,
- herald,
- make a prediction,
- make a prognosis,
- make a prophecy,
- make book,
- portend,
- predict,
- prefigure,
- presage,
- prophesy,
- read palms,
- read tea leaves,
- read the future,
- risk,
- signal,
- soothsay,
- speculate,
- take a chance,
- tell fortunes,
- tell the future,
- vaticinate