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vaticinate

/vəˈtɪ.səˌneɪt/

vaticinate verb: to predict or foretell future events; to prophesy or presage.

Verb

vaticinate (third-person singular simple present vaticinates, present participle vaticinating, simple past and past participle vaticinated)

  1. (ambitransitive, formal) To predict or foretell future events; to prophesy or presage.
    • With a slow step, and tears in her eyes, Mrs. Glentworth, vaticinating trouble of some kind, proceeded to cut the string and break the seal of her pacquet.1842, [anonymous collaborator of Letitia Elizabeth Landon], chapter LI, in Lady Anne Granard; or, Keeping up Appearances. […], volume III, London: Henry Colburn, […], →OCLC, page 27

vaticinate meaning in Urdu and Bengali

vaticinate in Urdu

پیش گوئی کرنا

vaticinate in Bengali

ভবিষ্যদ্বাণী করা

Forms of vaticinate

third-person singular presentvaticinates
present participlevaticinating
past participlevaticinated
pastvaticinated

Origin of vaticinate

From Latin vāticinātus, perfect passive participle of vāticinor (“foretell, prophesy”).

Words formed from vaticinate

Questions about vaticinate

What does vaticinate mean?
Vaticinate means to predict or foretell future events; to prophesy or presage.
What is vaticinate in Urdu?
Vaticinate in Urdu is پیش گوئی کرنا. See Vaticinate meaning in Urdu.
What part of speech is vaticinate?
Vaticinate is a verb.
How do you pronounce vaticinate?
Vaticinate is pronounced /vəˈtɪ.səˌneɪt/.
What is the past tense of vaticinate?
The past tense of vaticinate is vaticinated.

Words near vaticinate in the dictionary

  1. vaticanols
  2. vaticidal
  3. vaticide
  4. vaticides
  5. vaticinal
  6. vaticinate
  7. vaticinated
  8. vaticinates
  9. vaticinating
  10. vaticination
  11. vaticinations

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