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  • 21vaticinal — /veuh tis euh nl/, adj. of, pertaining to, or characterized by prophecy; prophetic. [1580 90; < L vaticin(us) prophetic (vaticin(ari) to prophesy + us adj. suffix) + AL1; see VATICINATE] * * * …

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  • 22vaticination — /veuh tis euh nay sheuhn, vat euh seuh /, n. 1. an act of prophesying. 2. a prophesy. [1595 1605; < L vaticination (s. of vaticinatio). See VATICINATE, ION] * * * …

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  • 23anticipate — an·tic·i·pate /an ti sə ˌpāt/ vt pat·ed, pat·ing 1: to bar or invalidate (a patent) by anticipation the patent on the compound had been anticipated by the Beilstein reference Misani v. Ortho Pharm. Corp., 210 A.2d 609 (1965) 2: to negate the&#8230; …

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  • 24foresee — fore·see vt fore·saw, fore·seen, fore·see·ing: to be aware of the reasonable possibility of (as an occurrence or development) beforehand Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996. foresee …

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  • 25foreshadow — I verb adumbrate, augur, auspicate, betoken, bode, divine, forebode, forecast, forewarn, herald, point to, portend, precurse, predestine, predict, prefigure, premonstrate, presage, preshow, presignify, prognosticate, promise, prophesy, threaten,&#8230; …

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  • 26forewarn — I verb admonish beforehand, advise, advise against, advise beforehand, alarm, alert, alert to danger, augur, caution, caution against danger, caution beforehand, caution in advance, counsel, deter, discourage, dissuade, exhort, expostulate,&#8230; …

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  • 27portend — I verb adumbrate, announce, augur, augurate, auspicate, be an omen, be harbinger, betoken, bode, caution, divine, forebode, forecast, foreshadow, foreshow, foretell, foretoken, forewarn, give token, herald, indicate, indicate beforehand, menace,&#8230; …

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  • 28predict — I verb adumbrate, advise, announce in advance, anticipate, augur, auspicate, betoken, bode, divine, envision, forebode, forecast, foreknow, foresee, foreshadow, foreshow, forespeak, foretell, foretoken, forewarn, give notice, herald, indicate,&#8230; …

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  • 29presage — I verb adumbrate, advise, announce in advance, anticipate, augur, augurari, augurate, auspicate, betoken, bode, divine, envision, forebode, forecast, foreknow, foresee, foreshadow, foreshow, foretell, foretoken, forewarn, have a presentiment,&#8230; …

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  • 30prognosticate — I verb advise, augur, augurate, auspicate, betoken, bode, conjecture, counsel, divine, forebode, forecast, foresee, foresee the future, foreshadow, foreshow, foretell, foretoken, herald, indicate beforehand, indicate in advance, look ahead to,&#8230; …

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