vaticinate

English

Etymology

From Latin vāticinātus, perfect passive participle of vāticinor (“foretell, prophesy”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /vəˈtɪ.səˌneɪt/

Verb

vaticinate (third-person singular simple present vaticinates, present participle vaticinating, simple past and past participle vaticinated)

1. (transitive, intransitive, chiefly formal) To predict or foretell future events; to prophesy or presage.

Derived terms

• vaticination
• vaticinator

Anagrams

• inactivate

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Italian

Etymology 1

Verb

vaticinate

1. inflection of vaticinare:
   1. second-person plural present indicative
   2. second-person plural imperative

Etymology 2

Participle

vaticinate f pl

1. feminine plural of vaticinato

Anagrams

• incitavate

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Latin

Participle

vāticināte

1. vocative masculine singular of vāticinātus