Definition of Prognosticates

1. Verb. (third-person singular of prognosticate) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Prognosticates

1. prognosticate [v] - See also: prognosticate

Lexicographical Neighbors of Prognosticates

proglycolytic
prognathic
prognathism
prognathisms
prognathous
prognose
prognosed
prognoses
prognosing
prognosis
prognostic
prognosticable
prognostically
prognosticate
prognosticated
prognosticates
prognosticating
prognostication
prognostications
prognosticative
prognosticator
prognosticators
prognostick
prognostics
progradations
prograde
prograded
progrades
program

Literary usage of Prognosticates

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The reader's handbook of allusions, references, plots and stories by Ebenezer Cobham Brewer (1882)
"... cats are very assiduous in cleaning their ears and head, it prognosticates rain. CATTLE give warning of an earthquake by their uneasiness. COALS. ..."

2. The Mahávansi, the Rájá-ratnácari, and the Rájá-vali: Forming the Sacred and by Edward Upham, Mahānāma, Abhayarāja (1833)
"Upon this, the king sent for some prognosticates, and inquired from them about the future events ..."

3. Western Lancet: A Monthly Journal of Practical Medicine and Surgery (1853)
"6 o'clock PM, all remedies have failed, and every symptom prognosticates death. He died on the 24th, at 9 o'clock AM PHILADELPHIA, Oct. 29, 1853. ..."

4. Folklore by Folklore Society (Great Britain), Joseph Jacobs, Alfred Trübner Nutt, Arthur Robinson Wright, William Crooke (1904)
"Turning down the hollow of a hat on a table prognosticates a single life. ... The flying of crows in funeral procession prognosticates death in the district ..."

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