v. t.
I neither will nor can prognosticate
To the young gaping heir his father's fate. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ Cf. F. prognostication. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
n. One who prognosticates; a foreknower or foreteller of a future course or event by present signs. Isa. xlvii. 13. [ 1913 Webster ]