prognosticate

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Verb 1.3.1 Quotations 1.3.2 Synonyms 1.3.3 Translations 1.3.4 Related terms 2 Italian 2.1 Verb

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[edit] Etymology

From Old Italian prognosticare, from Latin prognosticum (-con), from Ancient Greek προγνωστικόν (prognostikon), neutral of προγνωστικός (prognostikos) "foreknowing, prescient, prognostic", from prefix πρό- (pro-) + γνωστικός (gnostikos) "of or for knowing, good at knowing", from γιγνώσκω (gignosko) "to learn to know, to perceive, to mark, to learn".

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• IPA: /prɒg'nɒstɪkeɪt/

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to prognosticate (third-person singular simple present prognosticates, present participle prognosticating, simple past and past participle prognosticated)

1. (transitive) To predict or forecast, especially through the application of skill.

   Examining the tea-leaves, she prognosticated dark days ahead.

2. (transitive) To presage, betoken.

   The bluebells may prognosticate an early spring this year.

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• 1598 — William Shakespeare, Sonnet xiv

  But from thine eyes my knowledge I derive,
  And constant stars in them I read such art
  As 'Truth and beauty shall together thrive,
  If from thyself, to store thou wouldst convert';
  Or else of thee this I prognosticate:
  'Thy end is truth's and beauty's doom and date.'

• 1847 — Emily Brontë, Wuthering Heights ch. 7

  ...to-morrow I intend lengthening the night till afternoon. I prognosticate for myself an obstinate cold, at least.

• 1915 — Virginia Woolf, The Voyage Out ch. 2

  All old people and many sick people were drawn, were it only for a foot or two, into the open air, and prognosticated pleasant things about the course of the world.

[edit] Synonyms

• presage, prophesy, foretell

[edit] Translations

[edit] Related terms

• prognosis
• prognostication

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[edit] Italian

[edit] Verb

prognosticate

1. Second-person plural present tense of prognosticare.
2. Second-person plural imperative of prognosticare.
3. Feminine plural of prognosticato.