- ə nˌāt verb
( -ed/-ing/-s )
Etymology: Latin vaticinatus, past participle of vaticinari to prophesy, from vates prophet + -cinari (akin to Latin canere to sing, prophesy) — more at chant
intransitive verb
: to prophesy things to come : behave like a seer and a prophet
it is very seldom that we can … vaticinate on such subjects — George Saintsbury
transitive verb
: to predict about : foretell
the revolution vaticinated by Marx — R.M.MacIver