English > vaticinate: 2 senses > verb 1, communication| Meaning | predict or reveal through, or as if through, divine inspiration. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something; Somebody ----s that CLAUSE |
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| Synonym | prophesy |
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| Narrower | enlighten, irradiate | Give spiritual insight to |
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| vaticinate | foretell through or as if through the power of prophecy |
| Broader | predict, foretell, prognosticate, call, forebode, anticipate, promise | make a prediction about |
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| Spanish | profetar, profetizar |
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| Catalan | profetar, profetitzar |
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| Nouns | vaticination | knowledge of the future (usually said to be obtained from a divine source) |
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| vaticinator | an authoritative person who divines the future |