Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to prognosticate
Participle: prognosticated
Gerund: prognosticating
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | prognosticate |
| you | prognosticate |
| he;she;it | prognosticates |
| we | prognosticate |
| you | prognosticate |
| they | prognosticate |
Perfect
| I | have prognosticated |
| you | have prognosticated |
| he;she;it | has prognosticated |
| we | have prognosticated |
| you | have prognosticated |
| they | have prognosticated |
Past
| I | prognosticated |
| you | prognosticated |
| he;she;it | prognosticated |
| we | prognosticated |
| you | prognosticated |
| they | prognosticated |
Pluperfect
| I | had prognosticated |
| you | had prognosticated |
| he;she;it | had prognosticated |
| we | had prognosticated |
| you | had prognosticated |
| they | had prognosticated |
Future
| I | will prognosticate |
| you | will prognosticate |
| he;she;it | will prognosticate |
| we | will prognosticate |
| you | will prognosticate |
| they | will prognosticate |
Future Perfect
| I | will have prognosticated |
| you | will have prognosticated |
| he;she;it | will have prognosticated |
| we | will have prognosticated |
| you | will have prognosticated |
| they | will have prognosticated |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | prognosticate |
| you | prognosticate |
| he;she;it | prognosticate |
| we | prognosticate |
| you | prognosticate |
| they | prognosticate |
Perfect
| I | have prognosticated |
| you | have prognosticated |
| he;she;it | have prognosticated |
| we | have prognosticated |
| you | have prognosticated |
| they | have prognosticated |
Imperfect
| I | prognosticated |
| you | prognosticated |
| he;she;it | prognosticated |
| we | prognosticated |
| you | prognosticated |
| they | prognosticated |
Pluperfect
| I | had prognosticated |
| you | had prognosticated |
| he;she;it | had prognosticated |
| we | had prognosticated |
| you | had prognosticated |
| they | had prognosticated |
Conditional
Present
| I | would prognosticate |
| you | would prognosticate |
| he;she;it | would prognosticate |
| we | would prognosticate |
| you | would prognosticate |
| they | would prognosticate |
Perfect
| I | would have prognosticated |
| you | would have prognosticated |
| he;she;it | would have prognosticated |
| we | would have prognosticated |
| you | would have prognosticated |
| they | would have prognosticated |
Imperative
| you | prognosticate |
| we | Let's prognosticate |
| you | prognosticate |
Verbs conjugated like 'prognosticate'
abacinate,
abalienate,
abase,
abate,
abbreviate,
abdicate,
abduce,
aberrate,
aberuncate,
abirritate,
abjudge,
abjudicate,
abjugate,
abjure,
ablactate,
ablaqueate,
able,
ablegate,
abligate,
abnegate, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'prognosticate'
diagnosticate,
prognostic,
phlogisticate,
postosmicate,
premasticate,
procrastinate,
agnosticize,
cognominate,
confusticate,
constipate,
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. Etymology tree
2. Proto-Indo-European *per-der.?
3. Proto-Indo-European *per-der.?
4. Proto-Indo-European *pér
5. Proto-Indo-European *-o
6. Proto-Indo-European *próder.
7. Ancient Greek πρό (pró)
8. Ancient Greek προ- (pro-)
9. Proto-Indo-European *ǵneh₃-
10. Proto-Indo-European *-tis
11. Proto-Indo-European *ǵneh₃tisder.
12. Ancient Greek γνῶσις (gnôsis)
13. ▲
14. Ancient Greek -σῐς (-sĭs)
15. Proto-Indo-European *-kos
16. Proto-Hellenic *-kos
17. Ancient Greek -κός (-kós)
18. ?
19. Proto-Indo-European *-tós
20. Proto-Hellenic *-tós
21. Ancient Greek -τος (-tos)
22. ▲
23. Ancient Greek -κός (-kós)
24. ?
25. Ancient Greek -τῐκός (-tĭkós)
26. Ancient Greek γνωστῐκός (gnōstĭkós)
27. ▲
28. Ancient Greek προ- (pro-)
29. ▲
30. Ancient Greek γνῶσῐς (gnôsĭs)
31. Ancient Greek πρόγνωσῐς (prógnōsĭs)
32. ▲
33. Ancient Greek -τῐκός (-tĭkós)
34. Ancient Greek προγνωστῐκός (prognōstĭkós)der.
35. Medieval Latin prognosticus
36. Proto-Italic *-āzi
37. ▲
38. Latin -ereinflu.
39. Latin -āre
40. Medieval Latin prognosticareder.
41. English prognosticate
42. From Medieval Latin prognosticare; see prognostic for more.
Sample Sentences
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Examining the tea-leaves, she prognosticated dark days ahead.
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But from thine eyes my knowledge I derive,
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And constant stars in them I read such art
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As 'Truth and beauty shall together thrive,
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If from thyself, to store thou wouldst convert';
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Or else of thee this I prognosticate:
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'Thy end is truth's and beauty's doom and date.' [1609, William Shakespeare, “Sonnet 14”, in Shake-speares Sonnets. […], London: By G[eorge] Eld for T[homas] T[horpe] and are to be sold by William Aspley, →OCLC:]
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...to-morrow I intend lengthening the night till afternoon. I prognosticate for myself an obstinate cold, at least. [1847 December, Ellis Bell [pseudonym; Emily Brontë], Wuthering Heights: […], volume (please specify |volume=I or II), London: Thomas Cautley Newby, […], →OCLC:]
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All old people and many sick people were drawn, were it only for a foot or two, into the open air, and prognosticated pleasant things about the course of the world. [1915 – Virginia Woolf, Voyage Out ch. 2]
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The most striking piece of interpretation of this sort occurred in the first century of the Christian era, in consequence of Paul's mission to the Gentiles: Paul and the Church Fathers reinterpreted the entire Jewish tradition as a succession of figures prognosticating the appearance of Christ, and assigned the Roman Empire its proper place in the divine plan of salvation. [1946, Erich Auerbach, “Odysseus' Scar”, in Partisan Review, transl., Mimesis: The Representation of Reality in Western Literature, page 16:]
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The bluebells may prognosticate an early spring this year.