vaticinate
The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology
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1996
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vaticinate predict. XVII. f. pp. stem of L.
vāticināri, f.
vātēs seer, prophet, poet, rel. to Ir.
fáith poet, W.
gwawd song of praise, and Gmc. *
wōð- (whence OE.
wōd mad,
wōð song, etc.); see
-ATE2.
So
vaticination XVII. — L.
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