vaticinator

Variant of vaticinate

vaticinate definition

va·tici·nate (-nāt′)

transitive verb, intransitive verb vaticinated -·nat′ed, vaticinating -·nat′·ing

to prophesy; predict

Etymology: < L vaticinatus, pp. of vaticinari, to foretell, prophesy < vaticinus, prophetic < vates, seer, prophet: see vatic

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