vatic
- adjective
- /ˈvætɪk/
- Literature
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vático
- His vatic remarks during the meeting suggested he had foreseen the challenges ahead.
It begins with Gaelic, A vatic incantation.
- It begins with Gaelic, A vatic incantation.
- What Donahue's and Roberson's poems remind us of, in their inimitable, vatic ways, is how what we write with the one hand we erase with the other.
Examples
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The ancient text contained vatic predictions about the future of humanity.
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Auden writes against vatic Romantic inspiration.
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It begins with Gaelic, A vatic incantation.
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But it was when he seemed scarcely to be trying at all that almost vatic channeling of the lustful zombie inside him.
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What Donahue's and Roberson's poems remind us of, in their inimitable, vatic ways, is how what we write with the one hand we erase with the other.
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Although the desert is to serve as the perpetual witness to the heroism of Spain at Castelnovo, it is to do so only through the mediation of this vatic poet, this implicit eyewitness turned prophet, who here announces what the place and its events will mean.
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Many consider her vatic insights into the economy to be remarkably accurate.
Synonyms
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9.9
Like a wise person's opinion that people accept as final
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9.1
Saying that something will happen in the future, often by a religious person
Like something that predicts future events
Like a warning that seems to predict future events
Relating to predicting the future, often by signs or dreams
Relating to ways people try to tell the future
Mysterious and hard to understand, like a prophecy
How Prophetic
- Literature
- Literature
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9.9
- Literature
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7.4
- Specialized
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4.9
Surface Forms
Etymology
The word vatic comes from the Latin word vates, meaning 'seer' or 'prophet'. So, something called vatic feels like a prophecy or a clear warning about the future.