Prognosticate
Pronunciation : Prog*nos"ti*cate
Part of Speech : v.
Etymology : [See Prognostic.]
Definition : Defn: To indicate as future; to foretell from signs or symptoms; to prophesy; to foreshow; to predict; as, to prognosticate evil. Burke. I neither will nor can prognosticate To the young gaping heir his father's fate. Dryden.
Syn. -- To foreshow; foretoken; betoken; forebode; presage; predict; prophesy.
t. [imp. & p. p. Prognosticated; p. pr. & vb. n. Prognosticating.]
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913