Prog-nŏs’tĭ-cāte, v. t.

v. t. [imp. & p. p. PROGNOSTICATED; p. pr. & vb. n. PROGNOSTICATING.] [It. prognosticare, pronosticare, Sp. prognosticar, pronosticar, Fr. pronostiquer. See supra.] To indicate as future; to foretell from signs or symptoms; to foreshow; to predict.

I neither will nor can prognosticate To the young gaping heir his father's fate. Dryden.

Synonyms—To foreshow; foretoken; betoken; forebode; presage; predict; prophesy.