prognosticate
v
(fml 文)
1 [I, Tn, Tf]
tell (sth) in advance; predict 预言(某事物); 预报
prognosticate disaster 预言灾难.
2 [Tn, Tf] be a sign of (a future event) 成为(未来事件)的预兆; 预示.
The worst thing about the do-it-yourself game is that sometimes even men live under the delusion that they can do anything, even when they have repeatedly been proved wrong.