English-Thai Dictionary

prognosticate

VT บอก เหตุ ล่วงหน้า  คาดคะเน  คาดการณ์ล่วงหน้า  foretell fortune prophesy bok-hed-luang-na

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

PROGNOSTICATE

v.t.[from prognostic. ] 1. To foreshow; to indicate a future event by present signs. A clear sky at sunset prognosticates a fair day.
2. To foretell by means of present signs; to predict.
I neither will nor can prognosticate
To the young gaping heir his father's fate.

 

PROGNOSTICATED

pp. Foreshown; foretold.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

PROGNOSTICATE

Prog *nos "ti *cate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Prognosticated; p. pr. & vb. n.Prognosticating. ] Etym: [See Prognostic. ]

 

Defn: To indicate as future; to foretell from signs or symptoms; to prophesy; to foreshow; to predict; as, to prognosticate evil. Burke. I neither will nor can prognosticate To the young gaping heir his father's fate. Dryden.

 

Syn. -- To foreshow; foretoken; betoken; forebode; presage; predict; prophesy.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

prognosticate

prog nos ti cate |prägˈnästəˌkāt prɑɡˈnɑstəˌkeɪt | ▶verb [ with obj. ] foretell or prophesy (an event in the future ): the economists were prognosticating financial Armageddon. DERIVATIVES prog nos ti ca tor |-ˌkātər |noun, prog nos ti ca to ry |-kəˌtôrē |adjective ORIGIN late Middle English: from medieval Latin prognosticat-, from the verb prognosticare ‘make a prediction ’ (see prognostic ).

 

Oxford Dictionary

prognosticate

prog |nos ¦ti |cate |prɒgˈnɒstɪkeɪt | ▶verb [ with obj. ] foretell or prophesy (a future event ): the economists were prognosticating financial Armageddon. DERIVATIVES prognosticator noun, prognosticatory adjective ORIGIN late Middle English: from medieval Latin prognosticat-, from the verb prognosticare ‘make a prediction ’ (see prognostic ).

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

prognosticate

prognosticate verb economists were prognosticating financial Armageddon: forecast, predict, prophesy, foretell, foresee, forewarn of.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

prognosticate

prognosticate verb the economists were prognosticating financial Armageddon: forecast, predict, prophesy, foretell, divine; archaic presage, augur, previse; Scottish archaic spae; rare vaticinate, auspicate.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

prognosticate

prog nos ti cate /prɑɡnɑ́stɪkèɪt |prɔɡnɔ́s -/動詞 他動詞 ｟かたく ｠1 〖～ A /that節 〗A […ということ ]を (前兆 きざしで )予知 [予言, 予断 ]する .2 …の徴候を示す, 予示する .prog n ó s ti c à tor /-tə r /名詞 C ｟かたく ｠予言者 .