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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