vaticinate

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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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