Prog*nos"ti*cate (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Prognosticated
(?); p. pr. & vb. n. Prognosticating.]
[See Prognostic.]
To indicate as future; to
foretell from signs or symptoms; to prophesy; to foreshow; to predict; as, to prognosticate evil. Burke.
I neither will nor can
prognosticate
To the young
gaping heir his father's fate.
Dryden. Syn. -- To foreshow; foretoken; betoken; forebode; presage; predict; prophesy.