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vatic, a.|ˈvætɪk| Also 7 vatick. [f. L. vāt-ēs a prophet, poet + -ic.] Of or pertaining to, characteristic of, a prophet or seer; prophetic, inspired.
1603Bp. Hall King's Prophecy xvii, My puis-nè Muse presumed to recite The vatick lines of that Cumæan Dame. 1844Mrs. Browning Vis. Poets clxxviii, If every vatic word that sweeps To change the world must pale their lips. 1868Good Words 1 Jan. 53 To the sound of their vatic exordiums did Roland Laporte and Jean Cavallier march from their fastnesses. 1871H. B. Forman Our Living Poets 291 The thought..betrays enough of the vatic exaltation of the seer. |