prognosticate

v 1: make a prediction about; tell in advance; "Call the outcome

of an election" [syn: {predict}, {foretell}, {call}, {forebode},

{anticipate}, {promise}]

2: indicate by signs; "These signs bode bad news" [syn: {bode},

{portend}, {auspicate}, {omen}, {presage}, {betoken}, {foreshadow},

{augur}, {foretell}, {prefigure}, {forecast}, {predict}]