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man·tic

 (măn′tĭk)
adj.
Of, relating to, or having the power of divination; prophetic.
[Greek mantikos, from mantis, seer; see men- in Indo-European roots.]
man′tic·al·ly adv.
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mantic

(ˈmæntɪk)
adj
1. of or relating to divination and prophecy
2. having divining or prophetic powers
[C19: from Greek mantikos prophetic, from mantis seer]
ˈmantically adv
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man•tic

(ˈmæn tɪk)

adj.
1. of or pertaining to divination.
2. having the power of divination.
[1580–90; < Greek mantikós of a soothsayer, prophetic. See mantis, -ic]
man′ti•cal•ly, adv.

-mantic

a combining form used in the formation of adjectives corresponding to nouns ending in -mancy: necromantic.
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Adj.1.mantic - resembling or characteristic of a prophet or prophecymantic - 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, sibyllic, sibylline, vatic, vatical
prophetic, prophetical - foretelling events as if by supernatural intervention; "prophetic writings"; "prophetic powers"; "words that proved prophetic"
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mantic

adjective
Of or relating to the foretelling of events by or as if by supernatural means:
augural, divinitory, fatidic, fatidical, oracular, prophetic, sibylline, vatic, vatical, vaticinal, visionary.
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