vatic

vat·ic

V0037300 (văt′ĭk) also vat·i·cal (-ĭ-kəl)adj. Of or characteristic of a prophet; oracular.

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[From Latin vātēs, seer, of Celtic origin; see wet- in Indo-European roots.]

vatic

(ˈvætɪk) adjrare of, relating to, or characteristic of a prophet; oracular[C16: from Latin vātēs prophet]

vat•ic

(ˈvæt ɪk)

adj. of, pertaining to, or characteristic of a prophet or prophecy; oracular. [1595–1605; < Latin vāt(ēs) seer + -ic]

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vatic - resembling or characteristic of a prophet or prophecy; "the high priest's divinatory pronouncement"; "mantic powers"; "a kind of sibylline book with ready and infallible answers to questions"divinatory, mantic, sibyllic, sibylline, vaticalprophetic, prophetical - foretelling events as if by supernatural intervention; "prophetic writings"; "prophetic powers"; "words that proved prophetic"

vatic

adjectiveOf or relating to the foretelling of events by or as if by supernatural means:augural, divinitory, fatidic, fatidical, mantic, oracular, prophetic, sibylline, vatical, vaticinal, visionary.

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