† vaticaladj.
Obsolete. rare.
Vatic.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > expectation > foresight, foreknowledge > prediction, foretelling > inspired prophecy > [adjective]
witiec897
weirdc1400
propheticalc1450
propheticc1484
vaticinant1490
fatal?1504
spaeing?a1505
vaticinal1587
mantical1588
vatical1594
vatic1603
fatidical1608
vaticinating1634
fatiloquent1656
vaticinian1656
fatidic1671
fateful1720
vaticinatric1729
seer-like1816
mantic1839
fatidicating1867
vaticinatory1883
1594 Zepheria xvi. sig. C4v My brow..Which whilome thou with lawrell vaticall Enobled hast, (high signall of renowne).
1634 Bp. J. Hall Contempl. Hist. New Test. (STC 12640.5) 238 Neither couldst thou have made up those vaticall predictions, without this conveyance.
Derivatives
ˈvatically adv.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > expectation > foresight, foreknowledge > prediction, foretelling > inspired prophecy > [adverb]
propheticallyc1429
vatically1641
fatidically1693
mantically1903
1641 Brightman's Predictions 3 Now as Mr. Brightman vatically observeth, the Church of Thyatira [etc.].
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