Ominate
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ˈɒmɪneɪt/ · Part of speech verb
Quick meaning: Ominate is a verb meaning (transitive, obsolete) To be an omen for (something); to foreshow, to presage.
Meaning
(transitive, obsolete) To be an omen for (something); to foreshow, to presage.
Example Sentences
I vviſh Philotheus no vvorſe ſucceſs then he had yesterday. But I cannot ominate ſo vvell touching this Congreſs.
A King thou art by name, and a King of good fellovvſhippe by nature, vvhereby I ominate this Encomion of the king of fiſhes vvas predeſtinate to thee from thy ſvvadling clothes.
Word Forms
- ominates
- ominating
- ominated
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include preominate, foretoken, foreshadow, foreshow, prognosticate, forehalsen.
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