ominate

English

Etymology

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

Verb

1. (obsolete, transitive) To presage; to foreshow; to foretoken.

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Related terms

• abominate
• preominate

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “ominate”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

Anagrams

• Maniote, amniote, iomante

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Latin

Participle

(deprecated template usage) ōmināte

1. vocative masculine singular of ōminātus