prognosticate
verb
[ prɒɡˈnɒstɪkeɪt ]
• foretell or prophesy (a future event).
• "the economists were prognosticating financial Armageddon"
Similar:
forecast,
predict,
prophesy,
foretell,
divine,
presage,
augur,
previse,
spae,
vaticinate,
auspicate,
Origin:
late Middle English: from medieval Latin prognosticat-, from the verb prognosticare ‘make a prediction’ (see prognostic).
