vaticinate

Verb

Meaning

To prophesy; to foretell; to practice prediction; to utter prophecies.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

prophesy call augur bode divine promise predict guess forecast anticipate foresee foretell harbinger adumbrate foreshadow
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Antonyms

mistake discard misinterpret misconstrue misapprehend misread
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Hypernyms

call promise predict anticipate foretell prophesy

Hyponyms

enlighten irradiate

Anagrams

inactivate

Examples

Sir, very few people reach posterity. Who amongst us may arrive at that destination I presume not to vaticinate. Posterity is a most limited assembly. Those gentlemen who reach posterity are not much more numerous than the planets. Benjamin Disraeli

Close letter words and terms

vaticidal vaticide vaticinal vaticination vaticinator vaticinatory