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Webster 1913 Edition


Predict

Pre-dict′

,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Predicted
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Predicting
.]
[L.
praedictus
, p. p. of
praedicere
to predict;
prae
before +
dicere
to say, tell. See
Diction
, and cf.
Preach
.]
To tell or declare beforehand; to foretell; to prophesy; to presage;
as, to
predict
misfortune; to
predict
the return of a comet.
Syn. – To foretell; prophesy; prognosticate; presage; forebode; foreshow; bode.

Pre-dict′

,
Noun.
A prediction.
[Obs.]
Shak.

Webster 1828 Edition


Predict

PREDICT'

,
Verb.
T.
[L. proedictus, proedico; proe, before, and dico, to tell.] To foretell; to tell beforehand something that is to happen. Moses predicted the dispersion of the Israelites. Christ predicted the destruction of Jerusalem.