† prognosticaten.

Forms: 1500s prognosticat, 1500s pronosticate, 1500s pronostycate, 1500s–1600s prognosticate.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymons: Latin prognosticatum, prognosticare.

Etymology: < post-classical Latin prognosticatum, neuter past participle of prognosticare prognosticate v. Compare earlier prognostic n.¹, prognosticate adj., and prognosticate v. Compare also earlier prenosticate n.

Obsolete.

A sign or indication of some future event; (also) a prediction, forecast, prognostication.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > expectation > foresight, foreknowledge > prediction, foretelling > an omen, sign, portent > [noun]

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prenostication?a1450

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sky sign1880

the mind > mental capacity > expectation > foresight, foreknowledge > prediction, foretelling > [noun] > a prediction or prophecy

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prognostication?a1425

prenostication?a1450

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the mind > mental capacity > expectation > foresight, foreknowledge > prediction, foretelling > augury, divination from omens > [noun] > prediction based on sign or omen

prenotion1588

prognostication1600

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prognosticate1652

1541 Schole House of Women sig. C. iv^v The wyfe of loth..Loked behynde her, in her gate To se by profe, the pronostycate.

1561 T. Hoby tr. B. Castiglione Courtyer ii. sig. O.iiii^v Yet were they..a token of libertie, where these haue bene a pronosticate [It. augurio] of bondage.

1570 J. Foxe Actes & Monumentes (rev. ed.) II. 2034/2 One thing is not here to be omitted, as a prognosticate of our seperation from the seal of Rome.

1587 R. Holinshed et al. Hist. Eng. (new ed.) viii. viii. 197/1 in Holinshed's Chron. (new ed.) I They neuer appeare but as prognosticats of afterclaps.

1652 J. Gaule Πυς-μαντια 330 Behold what truth is in the vain prognosticates of fond Astrologers.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2007; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

† prognosticateadj.

Forms: late Middle English pronostycate, late Middle English–1500s pronosticate, 1500s prognosticat, 1500s prognosticate; Scottish pre-1700 pronostocate.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymons: Latin prognosticatus, prognosticare.

Etymology: < post-classical Latin prognosticatus, past participle of prognosticare prognosticate v. Compare prognosticate v. and slightly earlier prognostication n.

Obsolete.

That betokens or presages; prognosticating, foreshowing.In earliest use as past participle.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > expectation > foresight, foreknowledge > prediction, foretelling > an omen, sign, portent > [adjective]

prognosticate?a1425

prognostical?a1450

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portentousc1487

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portentful1633

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ominating1663

bodeful1813

portentious1863

?a1425 tr. Guy de Chauliac Grande Chirurgie (N.Y. Acad. Med.) f. 74^v (MED) It is pronosticate and demed [L. Pronosticatur] of þe wondez of þe necke, by Rogerius þat, if a nerue or a corde be kut in þe necke, it is seldom þat..þe necke haue fre mouyng.

c1487 J. Skelton tr. Diodorus Siculus Bibliotheca Historica i. 36 Orus..rypely enformyd of his moder Isis in pronostycate conclusyons & crafte of medecyne, hath thorugh his physyke & oraclys deuyne shewed many thynges to the enprowment of man.

1534 T. Paynell tr. Moche Profitable Treat. against Pestilence i. sig. B.ii. (heading) Of the pronosticate sygnes of pestilence.

1581 J. Studley tr. Seneca Hippolytus iv, in T. Newton et al. tr. Seneca 10 Trag. f. 63^v That souerayne Syre of heauen and earth, when fates do vs detarre, With signes and plagues prognosticate prouided hath with heede, For to repayre the damage done with new begotten seede.

1582 R. Stanyhurst tr. Virgil First Foure Bookes Æneis i. 13 Thee wise diuined, by this prognosticat horshead, That Moors wyde conquest should gayne with vittayl abundant.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2007; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

prognosticatev.

Brit.

/prɒɡˈnɒstᵻkeɪt/, U.S.

/prɑɡˈnɑstəˌkeɪt/

Forms: Middle English pronosticate, Middle English pronosticate (past tense), 1500s prognosticat, 1500s pronosticat, 1500s pronostycate, 1500s– prognosticate, 1700s prognasticate; Scottish pre-1700 prognosticat, pre-1700 pronosticat, pre-1700 pronosticat (past tense), pre-1700 pronosticate, pre-1700 pronosticate (past tense), pre-1700 pronusticatt (past tense), pre-1700 1700s– prognosticate.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymons: Latin prognosticat-, prognosticare.

Etymology: < post-classical Latin prognosticat-, past participial stem (see -ate suffix³) of prognosticare prognostic v. Compare prognosticate adj. and slightly earlier prognostic v., prognostication n. Compare also prenosticate v.

a. transitive. Of a thing: to betoken or presage (a future event, consequence, outcome, etc.); to indicate beforehand.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > expectation > foresight, foreknowledge > prediction, foretelling > an omen, sign, portent > portend, betoken [verb (transitive)]

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prognosticate?a1425

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protendc1554

presage1562

abode1573

boden1573

denounce1581

importune1590

prejudicate1595

foretoken1598

ominate1598

auspicate1604

divine1607

foredeem1612

warranta1616

augur1630

preaugurate1635

prewarna1637

prenote1641

preominate1646

forespeak1667

omen1697

betidea1799

bespeak1851

?a1425 tr. Guy de Chauliac Grande Chirurgie (N.Y. Acad. Med.) f. 38 (MED) When..a febre is fortified, yt pronosticateþ a grete occasion.

c1487 J. Skelton tr. Diodorus Siculus Bibliotheca Historica iii. 176 They name that sterres Mercuriall that among othere that be fixed..pronosticate by theire portentuous aspect such aduenture as aftreward shuld ensew.

a1533 J. Frith Against Rastel (?1535–6) sig. Aii^v Doth not this pretye pagent..sygnifye & pronosticat what tragedie they wyll playe hereafter?

c1550 Complaynt Scotl. (1979) vi. 31 The suannis murnit. be cause the gray goul mau pronosticat ane storme.

1600 P. Holland tr. Livy Rom. Hist. xxxvi. i. 919 Euen the very first beasts that were slain, prognosticated fortunat successe.

a1677 J. Taylor Contempl. State Man (1684) i. x. 116 The death of a Monarch..Prognosticated by an Eclipse or Comet.

1768 H. Walpole Hist. Doubts 106 Yet these portents were far from prognosticating a tyrant.

1825 W. Cobbett Rural Rides in Cobbett's Weekly Polit. Reg. 29 Oct. 289 Everything seems to prognosticate a hard winter.

1857 Ld. Dufferin Lett. from High Latitudes (ed. 3) 134 To witness the event which the reverberating earth and steaming water seemed to prognosticate.

1915 A. Huxley Let. 26 Apr. (1969) 69 Whereabouts unknown—but a wire from the clearing-station brought back by one of Dr. H's assistants in France, prognosticates 3 weeks.

1980 J. C. Oates Bellefleur (1981) v. 472 For the joyful wedding did prognosticate a joyful marriage.

b. transitive. Of a person: to know or tell of beforehand; to have previous knowledge of, to presage; to foretell, predict, prophesy, forecast.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > expectation > foresight, foreknowledge > prediction, foretelling > predict, foretell [verb (transitive)]

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before-sayOE

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to call for ——1895

pick1909

c1487 J. Skelton tr. Diodorus Siculus Bibliotheca Historica iii. 172 And Belesus of Babilone that pronosticated tofore how this processe shuld com to passe, was made regent of all Babilony.

1542 N. Udall tr. Erasmus Apophthegmes f. 61 A philosophier in Plato his tyme had prognosticate y^e eclipse of ye soonne.

1582 R. Stanyhurst tr. Virgil First Foure Bookes Æneis iii. 55 By flight and chirping byrds too prognosticat aptlye.

1617 J. Woodall Surgions Mate 134 To know the manner of the hurt, that he may wisely prognosticate the danger.

1709 J. Strype Ann. Reformation i. 44 Wizards and conjurers prognosticating that she should not live out a year.

1742 B. Franklin Poor Richard's Almanack 1221 They..prognisticated my Death to happen within a Twelvemonth.

1842 J. Wilson Recreations Christopher North II. 301 Prudent men prognosticated evil.

1883 T. Hardy Adventures of Milkmaid in Changed Man 309 The day, as she had prognosticated, turned out fine.

1979 A. Fraser King Charles II (1980) III. xiii. 200 The superstitious were able to prognosticate a gloomy future for the realm.

1993 H. McVea Financial Conglomerates & Chinese Wall ii. 49 It would be unwise to introduce a prohibition on insider trading before some attempt to prognosticate the economic repercussions of such a prohibition has been made.

a. intransitive. Of a person: to make or utter a prognostication; to tell of some future event; to prophesy.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > expectation > foresight, foreknowledge > prediction, foretelling > utter predictions [verb (intransitive)]

prognosticate?a1475

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prophetizea1500

tell?1518

prophesy1563

presage1592

predict1652

prophesize1816

?a1475 (?a1425) tr. R. Higden Polychron. (Harl. 2261) (1879) VII. 479 (MED) He..pronosticate [L. prænosticavit] in a tyme of hym selfe seyenge, ‘Y schalle be amonge cowrteours lyke salte amonge elys on lyve.’

1560 J. Daus tr. J. Sleidane Commentaries f. ccxcix^v For Christ him selfe..did prognosticate of great stormes.

1587 H. Baker (title) A brief and short instruction upon the judicial astrologie for to prognosticate of things to come by the help of the same Ephemerides.

1665 R. Brathwait Comment Two Tales Chaucer 9 Albeit he could judiciously prognosticate of seasons.

1726 J. Barker Lining of Patch-work Screen Ded. sig. A2^v It being an Augury very much in vogue, and as true, as any by which Sidrophel prognosticated.

1732 J. Adamson Reigns Edward II & Edward III 84 They prognosticated to themselves that they should obtain Victory and Triumph in the Year 1729.

1835 Times 5 Aug. 5/5 No lover of law and liberty can..prognosticate otherwise than despairingly for the prospects of [this]..great people.

1966 F. C. Redlich & D. X. Freedman Theory & Pract. Psychiatry 257 Our actual ability to prognosticate in the individual case is reminiscent of the old king who was able to identify a witch by [etc.].

1993 P. Ackroyd House of Dr. Dee (1994) i. 31 They say that you constellate and planet, cast nativities and generally prognosticate.

†b. intransitive. Of a thing: to give promise or indication. Obsolete. rare.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > expectation > foresight, foreknowledge > prediction, foretelling > an omen, sign, portent > portend, betoken [verb (intransitive)]

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portend1887

1851 J. P. Nichol Archit. Heavens (ed. 9) 296 If the aggregation of stars in the Milky Way goes on—as it prognosticates—for ages.

Derivatives

progˈnosticated adj.

ΚΠ

?a1425 tr. Guy de Chauliac Grande Chirurgie (N.Y. Acad. Med.) f. 49 (MED) If..it profiteþ noȝt, & þu be mych infestate..þe perile pronosticated [L. pronosticato periculo]; after þe doctrine of Albucasis, kit þe skyn of þe testiclez.

1753 S. Richardson Hist. Sir Charles Grandison VI. vii. 19 Sir Charles Grandison..may honour us with the prognosticated visit, or not.

1984 Daily Herald (Chicago) 29 Oct. ii. 4/5 Todd Wolfe..is cited as a major influence in the Knights' prognosticated success.

progˈnosticating n. and adj.

ΘΚΠ

the world > health and disease > healing > diagnosis or prognosis > [adjective] > prognostic

prognosticating1583

prognosticative1594

prognostic1603

1583 P. Barrough Methode of Phisicke vi. iv. 281 There needeth no clyster, but that prognosticating is sufficient.

1593 T. Nashe Christs Teares f. 27^v The prognosticating signes of theyr ruine.

1613 S. Purchas Pilgrimage 64 Peucer..confuteth their fiue kindes of prognosticating.

1652 R. Brome Joviall Crew i He is a Prophet. See how he holds up his prognosticating nose.

1842 J. Wilson Recreations Christopher North III. 336 All the prognosticating sights and sounds.

1997 N.Y. Mag. 3 Nov. 124/2 The Jets need to banish such hopeful prognosticating.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

n.1541

adj.?a1425

v.?a1425

单词	prognosticate
释义	† prognosticaten. Forms: 1500s prognosticat, 1500s pronosticate, 1500s pronostycate, 1500s–1600s prognosticate. Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymons: Latin prognosticatum, prognosticare. Etymology: < post-classical Latin prognosticatum, neuter past participle of prognosticare prognosticate v. Compare earlier prognostic n.¹, prognosticate adj., and prognosticate v. Compare also earlier prenosticate n. Obsolete. A sign or indication of some future event; (also) a prediction, forecast, prognostication. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > expectation > foresight, foreknowledge > prediction, foretelling > an omen, sign, portent > [noun] foretokenc888 tokeningc888 beaconc950 token971 handsela1200 boding1297 wonder1297 bodec1374 signa1387 foreboding1387 prenostica1393 prognosticc1425 prophetc1430 prognostication?a1439 ostentationa1450 prenostication?a1450 prodigy?a1450 augurationc1450 preparative1460 prenosticate?a1475 prenosticative?a1475 prodige1482 prenosticature1490 tokener1513 weird1513 show token1535 luck1538 prognosticate1541 preamble1548 proffer1548 presagition?c1550 foreshower1555 presage1560 portent1562 ostent1570 presagie1581 omen1582 presagement1586 luck sign1587 augury1588 prognosticon1588 forerunner1589 presager1591 halfner1594 spae1596 abode1598 oss1600 assign1601 augur1603 bodement1613 predictiona1616 prognosticala1618 bespeaker1624 portender1635 pre-indicant1659 foreshadow1834 boder1846 prognosticant1880 sky sign1880 the mind > mental capacity > expectation > foresight, foreknowledge > prediction, foretelling > [noun] > a prediction or prophecy prenostica1393 spaea1400 prognostication?a1425 prenostication?a1450 forespeaking1480 prenosticature1490 soothsaying1535 foredestiny?1549 foresaw1555 presage1560 abodement1565 prenotion1588 predict1609 prophetical1615 prognosis1649 conjectation1652 prognosticate1652 propheticism1684 prognostic1701 oracle1713 precantation1838 the mind > mental capacity > expectation > foresight, foreknowledge > prediction, foretelling > augury, divination from omens > [noun] > prediction based on sign or omen prenotion1588 prognostication1600 prognostic1618 prognosticate1652 1541 Schole House of Women sig. C. iv^v The wyfe of loth..Loked behynde her, in her gate To se by profe, the pronostycate. 1561 T. Hoby tr. B. Castiglione Courtyer ii. sig. O.iiii^v Yet were they..a token of libertie, where these haue bene a pronosticate [It. augurio] of bondage. 1570 J. Foxe Actes & Monumentes (rev. ed.) II. 2034/2 One thing is not here to be omitted, as a prognosticate of our seperation from the seal of Rome. 1587 R. Holinshed et al. Hist. Eng. (new ed.) viii. viii. 197/1 in Holinshed's Chron. (new ed.) I They neuer appeare but as prognosticats of afterclaps. 1652 J. Gaule Πυς-μαντια 330 Behold what truth is in the vain prognosticates of fond Astrologers. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2007; most recently modified version published online December 2020). † prognosticateadj. Forms: late Middle English pronostycate, late Middle English–1500s pronosticate, 1500s prognosticat, 1500s prognosticate; Scottish pre-1700 pronostocate. Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymons: Latin prognosticatus, prognosticare. Etymology: < post-classical Latin prognosticatus, past participle of prognosticare prognosticate v. Compare prognosticate v. and slightly earlier prognostication n. Obsolete. That betokens or presages; prognosticating, foreshowing.In earliest use as past participle. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > expectation > foresight, foreknowledge > prediction, foretelling > an omen, sign, portent > [adjective] prognosticate?a1425 prognostical?a1450 prognostaticc1475 portentousc1487 presagiousc1487 prodigiousc1487 prodigial1548 portending1560 augural1568 presaging1592 ominous1593 boding1594 portentive1594 prognostic1603 presageful1606 prognosticous1607 ostentful1608 prognosticant1619 predictious1631 portentful1633 ominal1651 ominating1663 bodeful1813 portentious1863 ?a1425 tr. Guy de Chauliac Grande Chirurgie (N.Y. Acad. Med.) f. 74^v (MED) It is pronosticate and demed [L. Pronosticatur] of þe wondez of þe necke, by Rogerius þat, if a nerue or a corde be kut in þe necke, it is seldom þat..þe necke haue fre mouyng. c1487 J. Skelton tr. Diodorus Siculus Bibliotheca Historica i. 36 Orus..rypely enformyd of his moder Isis in pronostycate conclusyons & crafte of medecyne, hath thorugh his physyke & oraclys deuyne shewed many thynges to the enprowment of man. 1534 T. Paynell tr. Moche Profitable Treat. against Pestilence i. sig. B.ii. (heading) Of the pronosticate sygnes of pestilence. 1581 J. Studley tr. Seneca Hippolytus iv, in T. Newton et al. tr. Seneca 10 Trag. f. 63^v That souerayne Syre of heauen and earth, when fates do vs detarre, With signes and plagues prognosticate prouided hath with heede, For to repayre the damage done with new begotten seede. 1582 R. Stanyhurst tr. Virgil First Foure Bookes Æneis i. 13 Thee wise diuined, by this prognosticat horshead, That Moors wyde conquest should gayne with vittayl abundant. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2007; most recently modified version published online December 2020). prognosticatev. Brit. /prɒɡˈnɒstᵻkeɪt/, U.S. /prɑɡˈnɑstəˌkeɪt/ Forms: Middle English pronosticate, Middle English pronosticate (past tense), 1500s prognosticat, 1500s pronosticat, 1500s pronostycate, 1500s– prognosticate, 1700s prognasticate; Scottish pre-1700 prognosticat, pre-1700 pronosticat, pre-1700 pronosticat (past tense), pre-1700 pronosticate, pre-1700 pronosticate (past tense), pre-1700 pronusticatt (past tense), pre-1700 1700s– prognosticate. Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymons: Latin prognosticat-, prognosticare. Etymology: < post-classical Latin prognosticat-, past participial stem (see -ate suffix³) of prognosticare prognostic v. Compare prognosticate adj. and slightly earlier prognostic v., prognostication n. Compare also prenosticate v. 1. a. transitive. Of a thing: to betoken or presage (a future event, consequence, outcome, etc.); to indicate beforehand. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > expectation > foresight, foreknowledge > prediction, foretelling > an omen, sign, portent > portend, betoken [verb (transitive)] betokenc1275 bode1387 prognostica1400 pretend1402 prognosticate?a1425 ossc1450 importc1487 prognostify1495 protendc1554 presage1562 abode1573 boden1573 denounce1581 importune1590 prejudicate1595 foretoken1598 ominate1598 auspicate1604 divine1607 foredeem1612 warranta1616 augur1630 preaugurate1635 prewarna1637 prenote1641 preominate1646 forespeak1667 omen1697 betidea1799 bespeak1851 ?a1425 tr. Guy de Chauliac Grande Chirurgie (N.Y. Acad. Med.) f. 38 (MED) When..a febre is fortified, yt pronosticateþ a grete occasion. c1487 J. Skelton tr. Diodorus Siculus Bibliotheca Historica iii. 176 They name that sterres Mercuriall that among othere that be fixed..pronosticate by theire portentuous aspect such aduenture as aftreward shuld ensew. a1533 J. Frith Against Rastel (?1535–6) sig. Aii^v Doth not this pretye pagent..sygnifye & pronosticat what tragedie they wyll playe hereafter? c1550 Complaynt Scotl. (1979) vi. 31 The suannis murnit. be cause the gray goul mau pronosticat ane storme. 1600 P. Holland tr. Livy Rom. Hist. xxxvi. i. 919 Euen the very first beasts that were slain, prognosticated fortunat successe. a1677 J. Taylor Contempl. State Man (1684) i. x. 116 The death of a Monarch..Prognosticated by an Eclipse or Comet. 1768 H. Walpole Hist. Doubts 106 Yet these portents were far from prognosticating a tyrant. 1825 W. Cobbett Rural Rides in Cobbett's Weekly Polit. Reg. 29 Oct. 289 Everything seems to prognosticate a hard winter. 1857 Ld. Dufferin Lett. from High Latitudes (ed. 3) 134 To witness the event which the reverberating earth and steaming water seemed to prognosticate. 1915 A. Huxley Let. 26 Apr. (1969) 69 Whereabouts unknown—but a wire from the clearing-station brought back by one of Dr. H's assistants in France, prognosticates 3 weeks. 1980 J. C. Oates Bellefleur (1981) v. 472 For the joyful wedding did prognosticate a joyful marriage. b. transitive. Of a person: to know or tell of beforehand; to have previous knowledge of, to presage; to foretell, predict, prophesy, forecast. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > expectation > foresight, foreknowledge > prediction, foretelling > predict, foretell [verb (transitive)] fore-sayc900 bodeOE before-sayOE before-tella1382 foretella1400 prognostica1400 tella1400 prenosticate?a1475 prenostic1477 prognosticatec1487 forespeak1489 prognostify1495 foreshow1561 prenunce1563 presage1569 boden1573 forewarn1582 predict1590 forehalsen1594 foresignify1597 prognosticon1602 predivine1607 forespell1611 predicate1623 prenuntiate1623 preadmonish1644 forebode1664 prediction1665 prenotea1711 bespeak1721 pre-announce1793 prophesize1848 to call for ——1895 pick1909 c1487 J. Skelton tr. Diodorus Siculus Bibliotheca Historica iii. 172 And Belesus of Babilone that pronosticated tofore how this processe shuld com to passe, was made regent of all Babilony. 1542 N. Udall tr. Erasmus Apophthegmes f. 61 A philosophier in Plato his tyme had prognosticate y^e eclipse of ye soonne. 1582 R. Stanyhurst tr. Virgil First Foure Bookes Æneis iii. 55 By flight and chirping byrds too prognosticat aptlye. 1617 J. Woodall Surgions Mate 134 To know the manner of the hurt, that he may wisely prognosticate the danger. 1709 J. Strype Ann. Reformation i. 44 Wizards and conjurers prognosticating that she should not live out a year. 1742 B. Franklin Poor Richard's Almanack 1221 They..prognisticated my Death to happen within a Twelvemonth. 1842 J. Wilson Recreations Christopher North II. 301 Prudent men prognosticated evil. 1883 T. Hardy Adventures of Milkmaid in Changed Man 309 The day, as she had prognosticated, turned out fine. 1979 A. Fraser King Charles II (1980) III. xiii. 200 The superstitious were able to prognosticate a gloomy future for the realm. 1993 H. McVea Financial Conglomerates & Chinese Wall ii. 49 It would be unwise to introduce a prohibition on insider trading before some attempt to prognosticate the economic repercussions of such a prohibition has been made. 2. a. intransitive. Of a person: to make or utter a prognostication; to tell of some future event; to prophesy. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > expectation > foresight, foreknowledge > prediction, foretelling > utter predictions [verb (intransitive)] prognosticate?a1475 prognostic1481 prophetizea1500 tell?1518 prophesy1563 presage1592 predict1652 prophesize1816 ?a1475 (?a1425) tr. R. Higden Polychron. (Harl. 2261) (1879) VII. 479 (MED) He..pronosticate [L. prænosticavit] in a tyme of hym selfe seyenge, ‘Y schalle be amonge cowrteours lyke salte amonge elys on lyve.’ 1560 J. Daus tr. J. Sleidane Commentaries f. ccxcix^v For Christ him selfe..did prognosticate of great stormes. 1587 H. Baker (title) A brief and short instruction upon the judicial astrologie for to prognosticate of things to come by the help of the same Ephemerides. 1665 R. Brathwait Comment Two Tales Chaucer 9 Albeit he could judiciously prognosticate of seasons. 1726 J. Barker Lining of Patch-work Screen Ded. sig. A2^v It being an Augury very much in vogue, and as true, as any by which Sidrophel prognosticated. 1732 J. Adamson Reigns Edward II & Edward III 84 They prognosticated to themselves that they should obtain Victory and Triumph in the Year 1729. 1835 Times 5 Aug. 5/5 No lover of law and liberty can..prognosticate otherwise than despairingly for the prospects of [this]..great people. 1966 F. C. Redlich & D. X. Freedman Theory & Pract. Psychiatry 257 Our actual ability to prognosticate in the individual case is reminiscent of the old king who was able to identify a witch by [etc.]. 1993 P. Ackroyd House of Dr. Dee (1994) i. 31 They say that you constellate and planet, cast nativities and generally prognosticate. †b. intransitive. Of a thing: to give promise or indication. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > expectation > foresight, foreknowledge > prediction, foretelling > an omen, sign, portent > portend, betoken [verb (intransitive)] ossc1400 sign1601 abode1659 ominate1667 prognosticate1851 portend1887 1851 J. P. Nichol Archit. Heavens (ed. 9) 296 If the aggregation of stars in the Milky Way goes on—as it prognosticates—for ages. Derivatives progˈnosticated adj. ΚΠ ?a1425 tr. Guy de Chauliac Grande Chirurgie (N.Y. Acad. Med.) f. 49 (MED) If..it profiteþ noȝt, & þu be mych infestate..þe perile pronosticated [L. pronosticato periculo]; after þe doctrine of Albucasis, kit þe skyn of þe testiclez. 1753 S. Richardson Hist. Sir Charles Grandison VI. vii. 19 Sir Charles Grandison..may honour us with the prognosticated visit, or not. 1984 Daily Herald (Chicago) 29 Oct. ii. 4/5 Todd Wolfe..is cited as a major influence in the Knights' prognosticated success. progˈnosticating n. and adj. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > healing > diagnosis or prognosis > [adjective] > prognostic prognosticating1583 prognosticative1594 prognostic1603 1583 P. Barrough Methode of Phisicke vi. iv. 281 There needeth no clyster, but that prognosticating is sufficient. 1593 T. Nashe Christs Teares f. 27^v The prognosticating signes of theyr ruine. 1613 S. Purchas Pilgrimage 64 Peucer..confuteth their fiue kindes of prognosticating. 1652 R. Brome Joviall Crew i He is a Prophet. See how he holds up his prognosticating nose. 1842 J. Wilson Recreations Christopher North III. 336 All the prognosticating sights and sounds. 1997 N.Y. Mag. 3 Nov. 124/2 The Jets need to banish such hopeful prognosticating. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1541adj.?a1425v.?a1425
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