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vaticinare — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • spell noun Words believed to have magical power, or the magical effect they produce.
  • vaticinate verb To predict or foretell future events; to prophesy or presage.

Senses

vaticinare is used for these senses in English:

  • forebode To predict a future event; to hint at something that will happen (especially as a literary device).
  • spell (transitive) To indicate that (some event) will occur; typically followed by a single-word noun. [from 19th c.]
  • vaticinate (ambitransitive, chiefly, formal) To predict or foretell future events; to prophesy or presage.

spell — full definition

  1. noun Words believed to have magical power, or the magical effect they produce.
  2. verb To write or say the letters that make up a word, in the correct order.
  3. verb To indicate or signal that something is likely to happen.
  4. noun A short period of time doing a particular activity, or a stretch of a certain kind of weather.

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