From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Prognosticate \Prog*nos"ti*cate\, verb (used with an object) [imp. & p. p. {Prognosticated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Prognosticating}.] [See {Prognostic}.] To indicate as future; to foretell from signs or symptoms; to prophesy; to foreshow; to predict; as, to prognosticate evil. --Burke.
I neither will nor can prognosticate To the young gaping heir his father's fate. --Dryden.
Syn: To foreshow; foretoken; betoken; forebode; presage; predict; prophesy.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
verb
1: make a prediction about; tell in advance; "Call the outcome of an election" [syn: {predict}, {foretell}, {call}, {forebode}, {anticipate}, {promise}]
2: indicate by signs; "These signs bode bad news" [syn: {bode}, {portend}, {auspicate}, {omen}, {presage}, {betoken}, {foreshadow}, {augur}, {foretell}, {prefigure}, {forecast}, {predict}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
43 Moby Thesaurus words for "prognosticate": adumbrate, announce, augur, bet, betoken, cast a horoscope, cast a nativity, divine, dope, dope out, dowse for water, forebode, forecast, foresee, foreshadow, foretell, foretoken, fortune-tell, gamble, guess, harbinger, hariolate, herald, make a prediction, make a prognosis, make a prophecy, make book, portend, predict, prefigure, presage, prophesy, read palms, read tea leaves, read the future, risk, signal, soothsay, speculate, take a chance, tell fortunes, tell the future, vaticinate
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