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Definition of vaticinate in English: vaticinateverb vaˈtɪsɪneɪtvəˈtɪsəˌneɪt [no object]rare Foretell the future. he vaticinated a period of peace for the continent he spent much of his time vaticinating on learned panels Example sentencesExamples - In 6 B.C. he proceeded against the Pharisees who had vaticinated that, with the birth of the Messiah, the reign of Herod would come to the end.
- The experts vaticinate that, in some years, the European electrical sector will be reduced to five or six groups.
Derivatives adjective rare Economists in our day try to utter all kinds of vaticinal projections about the future. Example sentencesExamples - She is a substantial, auburn-haired woman of middle years whose vaticinal gifts extend from prose to painting.
noun vatɪsɪˈneɪʃ(ə)nvəˌtɪs(ə)nˈeɪʃ(ə)n rare The vaticinations of Thomas are cited by various later chroniclers, and had as much credit in England as in Scotland. Example sentencesExamples - Every grim vaticination made by Malthus turned out to be wrong.
- He composed poems on a number of subjects, including eulogy, request poetry, nature and love poetry, and vaticination as well as religious poetry and a poem praising the famous cross at Caerlleon.
- This theory is hard to shake, its vaticinations being so far well vindicated.
- Thus Dillard echoes Carlyle's sentiments that vaticination, or the act of prophesying, is a futile means of understanding the world.
nounvaˈtɪsɪneɪtəvəˈtɪs(ə)nˌeɪdər rare A person who foretells the future. a vaticinator at the sanctuary uttered divinely inspired predictions Example sentencesExamples - Servius apparently followed Cicero's De divinatione in distinguishing furor-driven vaticinators from artful soothsayers and augurs.
- The lectus born by four lecticarii and followed by the orator, pontifex, vaticinator and blood relations completed the procession.
adjective vəˈtɪs(ə)nət(ə)rivətɪsɪˈneɪtəri rare Nearly all of the book consists of poetry, mostly in the form of religious, vaticinatory, panegyric, and legendary poetry.
Origin Early 17th century: from Latin vaticinat- 'prophesied', from the verb vaticinari, from vates 'prophet'. Definition of vaticinate in US English: vaticinateverbvəˈtɪsəˌneɪtvəˈtisəˌnāt [no object]rare Foretell the future. he vaticinated a period of peace for the continent he spent much of his time vaticinating on learned panels Example sentencesExamples - The experts vaticinate that, in some years, the European electrical sector will be reduced to five or six groups.
- In 6 B.C. he proceeded against the Pharisees who had vaticinated that, with the birth of the Messiah, the reign of Herod would come to the end.
Origin Early 17th century: from Latin vaticinat- ‘prophesied’, from the verb vaticinari, from vates ‘prophet’. |