ominate

English

Etymology

From Latin ominatus, past participle of ominari (“to presage”), from omen.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɒmɪneɪt/

Verb

ominate (third-person singular simple present ominates, present participle ominating, simple past and past participle ominated)

1. (obsolete, transitive) To presage; to foreshow; to be an omen for
   • 1599, [Thomas] Nashe, “[The Epistle Dedicatorie]”, in Nashes Lenten Stuffe, […], London: […] [Thomas Judson and Valentine Simmes] for N[icholas] L[ing] and C[uthbert] B[urby] […], →OCLC:

     A King thou art by name, and a King of good fellowſhippe by nature, whereby I ominate this Encomion of the king of fiſhes was predeſtinate to thee from thy ſwadling clothes.

   • 1668, Franciscus Euistor the Palæopolite [pseudonym; Henry More], “(please specify the page)”, in Divine Dialogues, Containing Sundry Disquisitions & Instructions Concerning the Attributes of God and His Providence in the World. […], 2nd edition, London: […] Joseph Downing […], published 1713, →OCLC:

     But I cannot ominate so well touching this Congress

Related terms

• abominate
• preominate
• omination

References

• “ominate”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

• Maniote, amniote, iomante

Latin

Participle

ōmināte

1. vocative masculine singular of ōminātus

Spanish

Verb

ominate

1. second-person singular voseo imperative of ominar combined with te