vaticinator
Variant of vaticinate
va·tici·nate (-nāt′)
transitive verb, intransitive verb vaticinated -·nat′ed, vaticinating -·nat′·ing
Etymology: < L vaticinatus, pp. of vaticinari, to foretell, prophesy < vaticinus, prophetic < vates, seer, prophet: see vatic
Related Forms:
- vaticination vat′i·ci·na′·tion (vat′ə si nā′s̸hən) noun
- vaticinator va·tic′i·na′·tor noun
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