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▪ I. † progˈnosticate, n. Obs.
[f. med.L. prognōsticāt-um that which is prognosticated: see next.]
A sign or token of some future event; also, a prediction, forecast: = prognostication 4.
1561T. Hoby tr. Castiglione's Courtyer ii. (1577) I j b, Yet were they..a token of libertie, where these haue been a prognosticate of bondage. 1577–87Holinshed Chron. I. 173/1 They neuer appeare but as prognosticats of afterclaps. 1652Gaule Magastrom. 330 Behold what truth is in the vain prognosticates of fond astrologers!
▪ II. † progˈnosticate, a. Obs. rare.
[ad. med.L. prognōsticāt-us, pa. pple. of prognōsticāre: see next.]
= prognosticant.
1582Stanyhurst æneis i. (Arb.) 32 Thee wise diuined, by this prognosticat horshead, That Moors wyde conquest should gayne with vittayl abundant.
▪ III. prognosticate, v.|prɒgˈnɒstɪkeɪt|
Also 6–7 pron-; 6 pa. tense and pple. -at(e.
[f. ppl. stem of med.L. pro(g)nōsticāre to prognosticate, foreshow, foretell: see prognostic v.]
1. trans. To know or tell of (an event, etc.) beforehand; to have previous knowledge of, to presage; to foretell, predict, prophesy, forecast.
a1529Skelton Sp. Parrot 138 To pronostycate truly the chaunce of fortunys dyse. 1542Udall Erasm. Apoph. 61 A philosophier in Plato his tyme had prognosticate y⊇ eclipse of ye soonne. 1582Stanyhurst æneis iii. (Arb.) 82 By flight and chirping byrds too prognosticat aptlye. 1612Woodall Surgeon's Mate Wks. (1653) 91 To know the manner of the hurt, that he may wisely prognosticate the danger. 1709Strype Ann. Ref. I. i. 44 Wizards and conjurers prognosticating that she should not live out a year. 1842J. Wilson Chr. North (1857) II. 24 Prudent men prognosticated evil. 1884Pall Mall Gaz. 19 Jan. 1/2 Other cogent reasons for prognosticating such a revolution.
b. Of things: To betoken; to give previous notice of; to indicate beforehand.
a1533Frith Another Bk. agst. Rastel Prol., Wks. (1829) 208 Doth not this pretty pageant..signify & prognosticate that tragedy they will play hereafter? 1549Compl. Scot. vi. 39 The suannis murnit, be cause the gray goul mau pronosticat ane storme. 1600Holland Livy xxxvi. i. 919 Euen the very first beasts that were slain, prognosticated fortunat successe. 1684Contempl. St. Man i. x. (1699) 108 The Death of a Monarch..Prognosticated by an Eclipse or Comet. 1768H. Walpole Hist. Doubts 106 Yet these portents were far from prognosticating a tyrant. 1825Cobbett Rur. Rides 283 Everything seems to prognosticate a hard winter.
†2. intr. To make or utter a prognostication; to prophesy of. Obs.
1560J. Daus tr. Sleidane's Comm. 299 b, For Christ him selfe..did prognosticate of great stormes. 1665R. Brathwait Comment Two Tales (Chaucer Soc.) 9 Albeit he could judiciously prognosticate of seasons.
b. Of a thing: To give promise or indication.
1851Nichol Archit. Heav. 296 If the aggregation of stars in the Milky Way goes on—as it prognosticates—for ages.
Hence progˈnosticated ppl. a., progˈnosticating vbl. n. and ppl. a.
1599Hakluyt Voy. II. 58 If any mans father be sick, the son straight goes vnto the..prognosticating priest. 1613Purchas Pilgrimage (1614) 64 Peucer..confuteth their fiue kindes of prognosticating. 1790Burke Fr. Rev. Wks. V. 411 In order, by a proper foresight, to prevent the prognosticated evil. 1842J. Wilson Chr. North (1857) II. 237 All the prognosticating sights and sounds. |