prognosticate

动词 prognosticate:

1. make a prediction about; tell in advance
   同义词：predict, foretell, call, forebode, anticipate, promise
2. indicate by signs
   同义词：bode, portend, auspicate, omen, presage, betoken, foreshadow, augur, foretell, prefigure, forecast, predict

prog.nos.ti.cate

v.tr.（及物动词）
prog.nos.ti.cat.ed,prog.nos.ti.cat.ing,prog.nos.ti.cates
To predict according to present indications or signs; foretell.See Synonyms at predict
预言：根据当前的暗示或现象预测；预言参见 predict
To foreshadow; portend:
预兆；预示：
例句：
urban architectural renewal that prognosticates a social and cultural renaissance.
预示社会和文化复兴的城市建筑的翻新

来源：
Middle English pronosticaten
中古英语 pronosticaten
from Medieval Latin prognôstic3re prognôstic3t-
源自 中世纪拉丁语 prognôstic3re prognôstic3t-
from Latin prognôsticum [sign of the future]
源自 拉丁语 prognôsticum [将来的现象]
from Greek prognôstikon [from neuter of] prognôstikos [foreknowing] * see prognostic
源自 希腊语 prognôstikon [] 源自prognôstikos的中性词 [预先知道] *参见 prognostic

【引伸】
prognos.tica.tion
n.（名词）
prognos.tica.tive
adj.（形容词）
prognos.tica.tor
n.（名词）