What does prognosticating mean?
Prognosticating means present participle and gerund of prognosticate.
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Pronunciation varies by accent · verb
present participle and gerund of prognosticate.
Two golden hours, in which the astonishing news of the intended party was revealed to Louisa, with all of its contrivances, expenses, and mitigations, so far as they were elucidated, were given and said to be "done in her honour;" but of this the young wife doubted; nor could she help shaking her head, in a prognosticating manner.
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Prognosticating means present participle and gerund of prognosticate.
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Two golden hours, in which the astonishing news of the intended party was revealed to Louisa, with all of its contrivances, expenses, and mitigations, so far as they were elucidated, were given and said to be "done in her honour;" but of this the young wife doubted; nor could she help shaking her head, in a prognosticating manner.
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