vaticinate

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Which that it will certainly happen if you do not prevent it by your votes, I most confidently predict and vaticinate.

From The Casual Ward academic and other oddments by Godley, A. D. (Alfred Denis)

I vaticinate what will be the upshot of all his schemes of reform.

From Crotchet Castle by Peacock, Thomas Love

I can't pretend to foresee what will happen among you Englishers at this distance, but I vaticinate a row in Italy; in whilk case, I don't know that I won't have a finger in it.

From Life of Lord Byron, Vol. 4 With His Letters and Journals by Moore, Thomas

But Gwyneth and I are not uncomfortably provided for, and I no longer contribute paragraphs of gossip to the Pimlico Postboy, nor yet do I vaticinate in the columns of the Tipster. 

From In the Wrong Paradise by Lang, Andrew

V. predict, prognosticate, prophesy, vaticinate, divine, foretell, soothsay, augurate†, tell fortunes; cast a horoscope, cast a nativity; advise; forewarn &c.

From Roget's Thesaurus of English Words and Phrases by Roget, Peter Mark