Dictionary 1. (v. i.) To predict; to prognosticate; to foreshow; to conjecture from signs or omens\;2. (n.) An official diviner who foretold events by the singing, chattering, flight, and feeding of birds, or by signs or omens derived from celestial phenomena, certain appearances of quadrupeds, or unusual occurrences. 3. (n.) One who foretells events by omens; a soothsayer; a diviner; a prophet. 4. (v. i.) To anticipate, to foretell, or to indicate a favorable or an unfavorable issue; as, to augur well or ill. 5. (v. t.) To predict or foretell, as from signs or omens; to betoken; to presage; to infer. Thesaurus Cassandra Druid adumbrate argue astrologer bespeak betoken bid fair to bode calamity howler crystal gazer divinator divine diviner divineress forebode forecast forecaster foreknower foreseer foreshadow foreshow foreshower foreteller foretoken fortuneteller geomancer haruspex hint imply indicate intimate mean omen palmist point to portend predict predictor prefigure prefigurer preindicate presage presager presign presignal presignify pretypify prognosticate prognosticator promise prophesier prophesy prophet prophet of doom prophetess psychic pythoness religious prophets seer seeress shadow forth signify soothsay soothsayer spell suggest token typify vates vaticinate weather prophet |