VATICINATES Synonyms: 33 Similar and Opposite Words

vaticinates

verb

present tense third-person singular of vaticinate

as in predicts

to tell of or describe beforehand if he could really vaticinate the course of the stock market, he'd be rich enough to own Manhattan

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The former chief futurist at OpenAI predicts that there will inevitably be rogue AI agents operating independently of human control.

— Benjamin Guggenheim, Washington Post, 1 Sep. 2026
And while storms will cool things off to the low 80s by the end of the week, The Weather Channel predicts that the month's temperatures will be above average for the season.

— Finch Walker, USA Today, 1 Sep. 2026

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In 1996, when the first three novels were reprinted again, Kennedy appended a prelude that reads like an account of the cycle’s evolution—except that the author of these books is identified as Billy Phelan’s nephew Daniel Quinn.

— Cynthia Zarin, Harpers Magazine, 1 Sep. 2026
Within seconds of a leader walking into a room, a team reads and reflects the kind of energy that person is projecting.

— Tony Loyd, Forbes.com, 1 Sep. 2026

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