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61forecast — v 1. predict, prognosticate, prophesy, augur, soothsay, vaticinate; foretell, forebode, forewarn, divine, Rare. premonish, Obs. auspicate. 2. guess, conjecture, estimate, speculate, hazard a guess, Inf. go out on a limb. 3. prearrange,… …
62foresee — v 1. foreknow, divine, forecast, prognosticate, foretell; predict, prophesy, vaticinate, forebode, augur; look into the future, gaze into the crystal ball. 2. see beforehand, preview, get a glimpse of, fore glimpse, see ahead, forerun, Inf. get a …
63foretell — v 1. predict, prognosticate, prophesy, augur, soothsay, vaticinate; forecast, forewarn, divine, Rare. premonish, Obs. auspicate. 2. forebode, foreshadow, foreshow, foretoken, portend, presage, presignify, prefigure, bode, omen; betoken, signify,… …
64omen — n 1. portent, sign, token, foretoken, harbinger; premonition, preindication, forewarning, foreshadowing, handwriting on the wall. 2. prognostic, prognostication, prediction, forecast, prophecy, prefigurement, augury, auspice, vaticination,… …
65portend — v forebode, foretoken, foreshadow, foreshow, omen, augur, presage, presignify, preindicate, promise; warn, forewarn, warn in advance; foretell, forecast, predict, prophesy, prognosticate, vaticinate, Obs. auspicate, Rare. premonish …
66predict — v 1. prophesy, prognosticate, forecast, vaticinate, Med. prognose; foretell, forespeak, augur, divine, Obs. auspicate, soothsay, foresee; read or interpret signs and omens, read palms or tea leaves, tell fortunes, see in the stars; forewarn, Rare …
67prepossessing — adj attractive, pleasing, appealing, charming, engaging, winsome, winning, taking; interesting, fascinating, captivating, enchanting, bewitching, alluring; beautiful, lovely, Inf. eye filling, strik soothsay, vaticinate; foretell, forewarn,… …
68prophesy — v 1. foretell, forespeak, augur, Obs. auspicate, divine, soothsay, foresee; read or interpret signs and omens, read palms or tea leaves, tell fortunes, see in the stars; forewarn, Rare. premonish; predict, prognosticate, forecast, vaticinate, Med …
69read — I v 1. peruse, study, go over, review, run over or through; pore over, wade through, plunge into, consume, devour, bury oneself in; scrutinize, attend to, pay attention to; go over quickly, thumb through, flip through, scan, skim, glance or run… …
70ratiocinate — ra•ti•oc•i•nate [[t]ˌræʃ iˈɒs əˌneɪt, ˈoʊ sə , ˌræt i [/t]] v. i. nat•ed, nat•ing to reason logically • Etymology: 1635–45; < L ratiōcinātus, ptp. of ratiōcinārī to calculate, reason =ratiō (see ratio) + cinārī to act (in the manner specified) …
