prognosticate
I
verb
advise, augur, augurate, auspicate, betoken, bode, conjecture, counsel, divine, forebode, forecast, foresee, foresee the future, foreshadow, foreshow, foretell, foretoken, herald, indicate beforehand, indicate in advance, look ahead to, look forward to, make a prediction, ominate, portend, preannounce, predict, premonish, premonstrate, presage, presignify, presume, promise, prophesy, signify, soothsay, speculate, spell, surmise, tell fortunes, theorize, vaticinate
II
index
expect (consider probable), forewarn, herald, portend, predict, presage, promise (raise expectations)
Burton's Legal Thesaurus.
William C. Burton.
2006