to vaticinate

Examples

• All

• The oracle claimed to vaticinate the fate of the entire kingdom.

• Many mystics vaticinate dire consequences if humanity ignores environmental warnings.

• The oracle vaticinates about future events.

• Can you vaticinate what will happen next?

• Many ancient oracles were known to vaticinate significant events that shaped history.

• The seer would vaticinate calamities that were thought to be sent from the gods.

• In her dreams, she claimed to vaticinate the outcomes of impending battles.

Synonyms

P

to predict

vsto vaticinate

812 3.0

To say what will happen in the future

relies on supernatural or divine means rather than general forecasting

F

to foresee

vsto vaticinate

77 3.9

To know or expect something before it happens

is based on divine insight and public prophetic speech not mere expectation

F

to foretell

vsto vaticinate

41 7.0

To say what will happen in the future

is more tied to divine inspiration rather than only signs or skill

P

to prophesy

vsto vaticinate

28 7.4

To say what will happen in the future, often claiming it comes from a god

is more about openly announcing future events than private revelation

F

to foreshadow

vsto vaticinate

16 6.2

To give a small sign that something will happen in the future

is more about direct divine proclamation than indirect warning or hint

P

to portend

vsto vaticinate

• Formal

13 8.4

To show that something, often bad, will probably happen

is concerned with prophetic speech rather than signaling likely calamitous events

A

to anticipate

vsto vaticinate

7 5.8

To happen earlier and show what will come later

is used for explicit divine prophecy rather than early or prior occurrence

P

to presage

vsto vaticinate

• Literature

5 8.8

To show that something bad will happen

expresses a spoken supernatural prophecy rather than merely being a sign

A

to augur

vsto vaticinate

4 8.6

To be a sign that something will happen

focuses on a spoken prophetic act rather than acting as a sign

F

to foreshow

vsto vaticinate

• Archaic

9.9

Predict an event from a sign or dream

is used more for divinely inspired announcing than for ordinary prediction

F

to forebode

vsto vaticinate

8.4

To seem to show that something bad will happen

is used for divine announcing rather than only warning about bad outcomes

P

to previse

vsto vaticinate

• Archaic

9.9

To know something before it happens

depends on divine inspiration and formal proclamation rather than simple anticipation

A

to annunciate

vsto vaticinate

• Literature

9.9

To show that something will happen soon

uses supernatural announcement rather than merely signaling future occurrence

How Prophetic

to vaticinate

• Archaic

9.9

to prophesy

28 7.4

to predict

812 3.0

to guess

∞ 1.0

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology