Vaticinate

2 definitions found

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

  Vaticinate \Va*tic"i*nate\, v. i. & t. [L. vaticinatus, p. p. of
     vaticinari to prophesy, fr. vaticinus prophetical, fr. vates
     a prophet.]
     To prophesy; to foretell; to practice prediction; to utter
     prophecies.
     [1913 Webster]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  vaticinate
       v 1: predict or reveal through, or as if through, divine
            inspiration [syn: {prophesy}]
       2: foretell through or as if through the power of prophecy