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.