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单词 vaticination
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vaticinationn.

Brit. /vəˌtɪsᵻˈneɪʃn/, U.S. /vəˌtɪsəˈneɪʃən/
Etymology: < Latin vāticinātiōn-, vāticinātio, noun of action < vāticinārī : see vaticinate v. Compare obsolete French vaticination (Cotgrave).
1. A prediction of an oracular or inspired nature; a prognostication or prophecy, a prophetic utterance or forecast.
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the mind > mental capacity > expectation > foresight, foreknowledge > prediction, foretelling > inspired prophecy > [noun] > an inspired prophecy
visionc1290
prophecyc1330
vaticiny1587
destiny1602
vaticination1603
prevision1635
weird1785
1603 P. Holland tr. Plutarch Morals 1198 Sibylla, and Aristonice, or such as published their vaticinations and prophesies in verse.
1677 T. Gale Court of Gentiles: Pt. III iii. 63 The Law has appointed a sort of Prophets as Judges over these divine Vaticinations.
1760 L. Sterne Life Tristram Shandy I. xii. 66 Yorick scarce ever heard this sad vaticination of his destiny read over to him, but..that he [etc.].
1815 W. Scott Guy Mannering III. viii. 147 The Dominie..had just that moment parted from Meg Merrilies, and was too deeply wrapt up in pondering upon her vaticinations, to make any answer.
1852 C. Merivale Hist. Romans under Empire (ed. 2) I. iii. 133 The frightful vaticinations of fire and slaughter with which Cicero had kept the ears of the people tingling.
1874 H. R. Reynolds John the Baptist iv. §6. 266 The ‘Sibylline Oracles’..contain many vaticinations, inextricably mingled, from Jewish, heathen, and Christian sources.
in extended use.1836 R. W. Emerson Nature in Wks. (1906) II. 170 Every surmise and vaticination of the mind is entitled to a certain respect.
2.
a. The action or fact of vaticinating; the utterance of predictions or prophecies; also, the power or gift of this.
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the mind > mental capacity > expectation > foresight, foreknowledge > prediction, foretelling > inspired prophecy > [noun]
witiengc950
prophecyc1330
spaea1400
vaticiny1587
vaticination1623
ecstasy1670
Sibyllism1833
spaedom1862
seerhood1884
the mind > mental capacity > expectation > foresight, foreknowledge > prediction, foretelling > inspired prophecy > [noun] > art or power of
vaticination1623
spae-craft1724
seership1827
seercraft1828
1623 H. Cockeram Eng. Dict. i Vaticination, a prophesying.
1699 R. Bentley Diss. Epist. Phalaris (new ed.) 147 Unless we dare ascribe to the Tyrant a Spirit of Vaticination, we cannot acquit the Author of the Letters of so manifest a cheat.
1819 W. Scott Bride of Lammermoor ix, in Tales of my Landlord 3rd Ser. II. 233 He despised most of the ordinary prejudices about witchcraft, omens, and vaticination.
1874 H. R. Reynolds John the Baptist iii. §3. 206 The ambiguous vaticination of the heathen oracles.
in extended use.1744 G. Berkeley Siris (ESTC T72826) §252 He that foretels the motions of planets,..may be said to do it by natural vaticination.
b. Divine or inspired apprehension or knowledge; intuition, insight. Obsolete.
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the mind > mental capacity > perception or cognition > [noun] > state of awareness
consciencec1384
knowledgea1398
sensibility?c1425
knowingness1611
cognizance1635
conusance1635
cognoscence1647
vaticination1678
consciousness1753
awareness1839
clairvoyance1861
perceivingness1872
1678 R. Cudworth True Intellect. Syst. Universe Pref. sig. *** Whether this Assurance be called a Vaticination or Divine Sagacity, (as it is by Plato and Aristotle) or Faith, as in the Scripture.
1678 R. Cudworth tr. Aristotle in True Intellect. Syst. Universe i. iv. 409 That Vaticination, which all men have in their minds concerning the Gods.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1916; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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