Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Predict \Pre*dict"\, v. 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.