prognosticate
(verb)
verb
1. make a prediction about; tell in advance
Similar word(s): anticipate, call, forebode, foretell, predict, promise
Definition categories: communication, guess, hazard, pretend, venture
2. indicate, as with a sign or an omen
Similar word(s): augur, auspicate, betoken, bode, forecast, foreshadow, foretell, omen, portend, predict, prefigure, presage
Definition categories: communication, bespeak, betoken, indicate, point, signal
Sentences with prognosticate as a verb:
- Examining the tea-leaves, she prognosticated dark days ahead.
- The bluebells may prognosticate an early spring this year.