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oˈraculate, v. rare.
[f. L. ōrācul-um (see oracle n.) + -ate3.]
trans. and intr. To say or speak oracularly.
1822E. Nathan Langreath II. 315, I think I behold you shaking your wise head..as you would oraculate, ‘the simple Madelina little suspects’ [etc.]. 1919J. Buchan Mr. Standfast i. i. 32 He boomed and oraculated and the Misses Wymondham prattled. 1930― Castle Gay viii. 134 The Professor oraculated on letters, with an elephantine deference to his hearers' opinions. |