ominate

English

Etymology

From Latin ominatus, past participle of ominari (“to presage”), from omen.

Verb

ominate (third-person singular simple present ominates, present participle ominating, simple past and past participle ominated)

  1. (obsolete, transitive) To presage; to foreshow; to foretoken.
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Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for ominate in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)

Anagrams

Latin

Participle

ōmināte

  1. vocative masculine singular of ōminātus
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