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Verb: prognosticate  próg'nó-stu`keyt
  1. Make a prediction about; tell in advance
    "prognosticate the outcome of an election"
    - predict, foretell, call, forebode, anticipate, promise
     
  2. Indicate by signs
    "These signs prognosticate bad news"
    - bode, portend, auspicate, omen, presage, betoken [archaic], foreshadow, augur, foretell, prefigure, forecast, predict

Derived forms: prognosticates, prognosticated, prognosticating

See also: prognosis, prognostication, prognosticative, prognosticator

Type of: bespeak, betoken [archaic], guess, hazard, indicate, point, pretend, signal, venture

Encyclopedia: Prognosticate

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