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† preˈnostic, n. Obs.
In 4 -ik, -yk, 5 -ike.
[ad. med.L. prænosticus, partially Latinized form of prognōsticus: so prænosticāre vb. (Du Cange), and OF. prenosticable (Godef.).]
= prognostic.
1390Gower Conf. I. 219 He seith, for such a prenostik Most of an hound was to him lik. c1398Chaucer Fortune 54 Prenostik is thow wolt hir towr asayle. 1481Botoner Tulle on Old Age (Caxton) e vj, The dayes callid Dies cretici and dies of prenostikes of good determynacions of the passions of a mans sikenesse or the contrarye.
So † preˈnostic, † preˈnosticate v. trans. = prognosticate; † preˈnosticate n., † preˈnosticative = prenostic n.; † prenostiˈcation, † preˈnosticature = prognostication (in quot. 1432–50, foreknowledge).
1480Caxton Ovid's Met. xii. xvii, Ffor that day was hys deth *prenostyked, yf he wente to bataylle.
1432–50tr. Higden (Rolls) V. 169 Men..seide that hit was a *prenosticate and a signe that he sholde reioyce thempyre. Ibid. II. 283 If thay fynde the horne fulle at that tyme thei prenosticate grete habundaunce of goodes. 1513Douglas æneis iii. vi. 209 Eftir that this prophet..Thir devyne answeris thus prenosticate.
c1400Mandeville (1839) xv. 167 The *prenosticaciouns of thinges that felle aftre. 1432–50tr. Higden (Rolls) II. 317 A scribe, hauenge prenostication of thynges to comme [L. præscius futurorum].
Ibid. VI. 217 In whiche yere ij horrible blasynge sterres apperede;..as a *prenosticatyve of grete destruccion.
1490Caxton Eneydos xxii. 80 Dyuynacions presagyous & aruspycyous, vnto her tolde,..by the auguryes & *prenostycatures of her harde and aduerse fortunes. |