Hypertext Webster Gateway: "prognostication"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Prognostication \Prog*nos`ti*ca"tion\, n. [Cf. F.
prognostication.]
1. The act of foreshowing or foretelling something future by
present signs; prediction.
2. That which foreshows; a foretoken. --Shak.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
prognostication
n : knowledge of the future (usually said to be obtained from a
divine source) [syn: {prophecy}, {vaticination}]
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