Predicting

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Predict \Pre*dict"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Predicted}; p. pr. &
     vb. n. {Predicting}.] [L. praedictus, p. p. of praedicere to
     predict; prae before + dicere to say, tell. See {Diction},
     and cf. {Preach}.]
     To tell or declare beforehand; to foretell; to prophesy; to
     presage; as, to predict misfortune; to predict the return of


     a comet.
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     Syn: To foretell; prophesy; prognosticate; presage; forebode;
          foreshow; bode.
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