Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Predicting"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Predict \Pre*dict"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Predicted}; p. pr. &
vb. n. {Predicting}.] [L. praedictus, p. p. of praedicere to
predict; prae before + dicere to say, tell. See {Diction},
and cf. {Preach}.]
To tell or declare beforehand; to foretell; to prophesy; to
presage; as, to predict misfortune; to predict the return of
a comet.
Syn: To foretell; prophesy; prognosticate; presage; forebode;
foreshow; bode.
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