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.
Predict \Pre*dict"\, n.
A prediction. [Obs.] --Shak.
Source : WordNet®
predict
v 1: make a prediction about; tell in advance; "Call the outcome
of an election" [syn: {foretell}, {prognosticate}, {call},
{forebode}, {anticipate}, {promise}]
2: indicate by signs; "These signs bode bad news" [syn: {bode},
{portend}, {auspicate}, {prognosticate}, {omen}, {presage},
{betoken}, {foreshadow}, {augur}, {foretell}, {prefigure},
{forecast}]