What is "vaticinate"

Vaticinate \Va*tic"i*nate\, v. i. & t. [L. vaticinatus, p. p. of vaticinari to prophesy, fr. vaticinus prophetical, fr. vates a prophet.] To prophesy; to foretell; to practice prediction; to utter prophecies.

"to prophecy, foretell," 1620s, from Latin vaticinatus, past participle of vaticinari, from vates (see vates) + formative element -cinus. Related: Vaticinated; vaticinating; Vaticinal.

vb. (context ambitransitive chiefly formal English) to predict or foretell (future events).

1. v. predict or reveal through, or as if through, divine inspiration [syn: prophesy]

2. foretell through or as if through the power of prophecy