VATICINATE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does vaticinate mean? 

• VATICINATE (verb)
  The verb VATICINATE has 2 senses:

1. predict or reveal through, or as if through, divine inspiration

2. foretell through or as if through the power of prophecy

  Familiarity information: VATICINATE used as a verb is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• VATICINATE (verb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Predict or reveal through, or as if through, divine inspiration

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Synonyms:

prophesy; vaticinate

Hypernyms (to "vaticinate" is one way to...):

anticipate; call; forebode; foretell; predict; prognosticate; promise (make a prediction about; tell in advance)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "vaticinate"):

vaticinate (foretell through or as if through the power of prophecy)

enlighten; irradiate (give spiritual insight to; in religion)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Somebody ----s that CLAUSE

Derivation:

vaticination (knowledge of the future (usually said to be obtained from a divine source))

vaticinator (an authoritative person who divines the future)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Foretell through or as if through the power of prophecy

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Hypernyms (to "vaticinate" is one way to...):

prophesy; vaticinate (predict or reveal through, or as if through, divine inspiration)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

vaticination (knowledge of the future (usually said to be obtained from a divine source))

vaticinator (an authoritative person who divines the future)