vaticinate

/væ'tisineit/

Thân thiện

The old sage would vaticinate the future by reading the stars.

Definition

1. Verb:
   • To foretell or predict future events, often through or as if through divine inspiration, prophecy, or supernatural insight.
   • To reveal or declare something about the future as if by prophetic power.

Usage

• Verb (transitive): To predict something.
  • The ancient oracle was said to vaticinate the rise and fall of empires.
• Verb (intransitive): To make a prophecy.
  • The seer would vaticinate for all who sought her counsel.

Examples

• The mystic claimed to vaticinate the outcome of the war with uncanny accuracy.
• It is not for mortals to vaticinate the precise workings of fate.
• His writings seem to vaticinate many of the technological advances of the 21st century.

Advanced Usage

• "to vaticinate upon/about": To make prophecies concerning a specific subject.
  • The elders would gather to vaticinate upon the fate of the coming harvest.

Variants and Related Words

• Vaticination (noun): The act of prophesying; a prophetic utterance.
  • His vaticination was met with both hope and skepticism.
• Vaticinator (noun): A prophet; one who foretells the future.
  • She was renowned throughout the land as a powerful vaticinator.

Synonyms

• Prophesy: To predict what will happen in the future, especially by divine inspiration.
• Foretell: To tell of a future event beforehand; predict.
• Predict: To declare or indicate in advance.

Antonyms

• Report: To give an account of something that has already happened.
• Recount: To tell a story or describe past events.

Học thuật

Verb

1. foretell through or as if through the power of prophecy
2. predict or reveal through, or as if through, divine inspiration

Từ đồng nghĩa

• prophesy