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vatic (vat′ik)

adjective

of or characteristic of a prophet; prophetic

Etymology: < L vates, prophet < IE base *wāt-, to be mentally excited > OE wōd, mad, MIr fāth, prophecy

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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