vaticination

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"You rate my powers of vaticination too high," he said slowly, "and—you are groping after an ideal."

From The Sign of the Spider by Mitford, Bertram

If it stooped in submission to any such expectation as that expressed, and dedicated itself to the crude vaticination of the transitory emotions and opinions, it had better turn journalism at once.

From Imaginary Interviews by Howells, William Dean

For the rest, you will be tired of hearing that, for vaticination, you, to excess, simplify.

From The Letters of Henry James (volume I) by James, Henry

The powers of vaticination possessed by such judges of drama can be fairly tested in the career of Salome on the European stage, apart from the opera.

From La Sainte Courtisane by Wilde, Oscar

"A vaticination," says the commentator, "of the Spanish discovery of America."

From Notes and Queries, Number 07, December 15, 1849 by Various