Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Same as
vatic .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Of or pertaining to a prophet; prophetical.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Of or pertaining to a
prophet ;prophetic .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective resembling or characteristic of a prophet or prophecy
Etymologies
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Latin vates a prophet.
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Examples
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[93] Mr. Swinburne's magnificent pæans are "vatical" certainly, but scarcely critical, save now and then.
A History of the French Novel, Vol. 2 To the Close of the 19th Century George Saintsbury 1889
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Peasant life and child life of the country (he meddles little, and not so happily, with towns of any size) find in him admirably "vatical" properties and combinations; and if he does not run any risk of Feste's rebuke by talking much of "ladies," he knows as much about women as a man well may.
A History of the French Novel, Vol. 2 To the Close of the 19th Century George Saintsbury 1889
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