Prognosticate vs Forbode - What's the difference?
prognosticate | forbode | Related terms |
To predict or forecast, especially through the application of skill.
To presage, betoken.
And constant stars in them I read such art
As 'Truth and beauty shall together thrive,
If from thyself, to store thou wouldst convert';
Or else of thee this I prognosticate :
'Thy end is truth's and beauty's doom and date.' * *: ...to-morrow I intend lengthening the night till afternoon. I prognosticate for myself an obstinate cold, at least. * 1915 — , .
To portend or foretell, especially of ill; to serve as a sign or ill omen.
As verbs the difference between prognosticate and forbode
is that prognosticate is to predict or forecast, especially through the application of skill while forbode is form of forbid|lang=en.As a noun forbode is
a forbidding, prohibition.prognosticate
English
Verb
(prognosticat)- Examining the tea-leaves, she prognosticated dark days ahead.
- The bluebells may prognosticate an early spring this year.
Quotations
{{timeline, 1500s=1598, 1800s=1847, 1900s=1915}} * 1598 — *: But from thine eyes my knowledge I derive,And constant stars in them I read such art
As 'Truth and beauty shall together thrive,
If from thyself, to store thou wouldst convert';
Or else of thee this I prognosticate :
'Thy end is truth's and beauty's doom and date.' * *: ...to-morrow I intend lengthening the night till afternoon. I prognosticate for myself an obstinate cold, at least. * 1915 — ,
Voyage Outch. 2 *: All old people and many sick people were drawn, were it only for a foot or two, into the open air, and prognosticated pleasant things about the course of the world.
Synonyms
* presage, prophesy, foretellforbode
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) forbode, forbod, from (etyl) . More at (l).Alternative forms
* (l)Etymology 2
From (etyl), from (etyl) . More at (l).Verb
(head)Etymology 3
From (etyl) foreboden, from (etyl) .Alternative forms
* forebode (much more commonly used)Verb
(forbod)- The dark clouds forbode of fierce storms.