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† vaˈticinant, pres. pple. and ppl. a. Obs. rare.
[ad. L. vāticinant-, vāticinans, pres. pple. of vāticinārī: see vaticinate v.]
a. Prophesying, predicting.
b. (See quot. 1647.)
1490Caxton Eneydos vi. 29 There fonde they the preste of Iubyter, wyth his wyf and alle his meyne, vaticynaunte or prophecyeng thynges moche merueyllous. 1647H. More Song of Soul Notes 165/1 The soul is said to be in a vaticinant, or parturient condition, when she hath some kind of sense, and hovering knowledge of a thing, but yet cannot distinctly and fully..represent it to herself. |