prognosticate

== English == === Etymology === From Medieval Latin prognosticare; see prognostic for more. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /pɹɒɡˈnɒstɪkeɪt/ === Verb === prognosticate (third-person singular simple present prognosticates, present participle prognosticating, simple past and past participle prognosticated) (transitive) To predict or forecast, especially through the application of skill. Synonyms: foretell, prophesy 1915 – Virginia Woolf, The Voyage Out ch. 2 All old people and many sick people were drawn, were it only for a foot or two, into the open air, and prognosticated pleasant things about the course of the world. (transitive) To presage, betoken. Synonyms: foretoken, foreshadow, portend ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== ==== Translations ==== == Italian == === Etymology 1 === ==== Verb ==== prognosticate inflection of prognosticare: second-person plural present indicative second-person plural imperative === Etymology 2 === ==== Participle ==== prognosticate f pl feminine plural of prognosticato