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prognosticate 音标拼音: [pr,ɑgn'ɑstək,et] vt. 预知,预言,预测 预知,预言,预测 prognosticate v 1: make a prediction about; tell in advance; "Call the outcome of an election" [synonym: {predict}, {foretell}, {prognosticate}, {call}, {forebode}, {anticipate}, {promise}] 2: indicate by signs; "These signs bode bad news" [synonym: {bode}, {portend}, {auspicate}, {prognosticate}, {omen}, {presage}, {betoken}, {foreshadow}, {augur}, {foretell}, {prefigure}, {forecast}, {predict}] Prognosticate \Prog*nos"ti*cate\, v. t. [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. [1913 Webster] I neither will nor can prognosticate To the young gaping heir his father's fate. --Dryden. [1913 Webster] Syn: To foreshow; foretoken; betoken; forebode; presage; predict; prophesy. [1913 Webster] 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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