a. [ Gr. prognwstiko`n. See Prognosis. ] Indicating something future by signs or symptoms; foreshowing; aiding in prognosis; as, the prognostic symptoms of a disease; prognostic signs. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ L. prognosticum, Gr. &unr_;: cf. F. pronostic, prognostic. See Prognostic, a. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
1. That which prognosticates; a sign by which a future event may be known or foretold; an indication; a sign or omen; hence, a foretelling; a prediction. [ 1913 Webster ]
That choice would inevitably be considered by the country as a prognostic of the highest import. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]
2. (Med.) A sign or symptom indicating the course and termination of a disease. Parr. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Prognosticated p. pr. & vb. n. Prognosticating. ] [ See Prognostic. ] To indicate as future; to foretell from signs or symptoms; to prophesy; to foreshow; to predict; as, to prognosticate evil. Burke. [ 1913 Webster ]
I neither will nor can prognosticate To the young gaping heir his father's fate. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]
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