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