D defs.my
Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

Prognosticate

/prägˌ-näs'-tək-ātˌ/ · Prog·nos·ti·cate · IPA /pɹɒɡˈnɒstɪkeɪt/
01 v. t. To indicate as future; to foretell from signs or symptoms; to prophesy; to foreshow; to predict; as, to prognosticate evil.
imp. & p. p. Prognosticated; p. pr. & vb. n. Prognosticating
  1. 1.
    To indicate as future; to foretell from signs or symptoms; to prophesy; to foreshow; to predict; as, to prognosticate evil.
    “I neither will nor can prognosticate To the young gaping heir his father's fate.” Dryden.