What does vaticinate mean?
Vaticinate means (ambitransitive, chiefly formal) To predict or foretell future events; to prophesy or presage..
Vaticinate
/vəˈtɪ.səˌneɪt/ · verb
Meaning
(ambitransitive, chiefly formal) To predict or foretell future events; to prophesy or presage..
Example Sentences
With a slow step, and tears in her eyes, Mrs. Glentworth, vaticinating trouble of some kind, proceeded to cut the string and break the seal of her pacquet.
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Word Forms
- vaticinates
- vaticinating
- vaticinated
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With a slow step, and tears in her eyes, Mrs. Glentworth, vaticinating trouble of some kind, proceeded to cut the string and break the seal of her pacquet.
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