vatic

vat·ic

 (văt′ĭk) also vat·i·cal (-ĭ-kəl)

adj.

Of or characteristic of a prophet; oracular.

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[From Latin vātēs, seer, of Celtic origin; see wet- in Indo-European roots.]

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vatic

(ˈvætɪk)

adj

rare of, relating to, or characteristic of a prophet; oracular

[C16: from Latin vātēs prophet]

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vat•ic

(ˈvæt ɪk)

adj.

of, pertaining to, or characteristic of a prophet or prophecy; oracular.

[1595–1605; < Latin vāt(ēs) seer + -ic]

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Thesaurus

Adj.

1.

vatic - resembling or characteristic of a prophet or prophecy; "the high priest's divinatory pronouncement"; "mantic powers"; "a kind of sibylline book with ready and infallible answers to questions" divinatory, mantic, sibyllic, sibylline, vatical prophetic, prophetical - foretelling events as if by supernatural intervention; "prophetic writings"; "prophetic powers"; "words that proved prophetic"

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vatic

adjective

Of or relating to the foretelling of events by or as if by supernatural means:

augural, divinitory, fatidic, fatidical, mantic, oracular, prophetic, sibylline, vatical, vaticinal, visionary.

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Translations

vatic

adj (liter) → prophetisch

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